BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//128.220.36.25//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9806@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Arnetta Shelton\; communityprograms@jhu.edu\; https://hr.jhu.edu/be nefits-worklife/community-engagement/uniform-drive/ DESCRIPTION:Since 2011\, Johns Hopkins employees have stepped up with gener ous donations to the Adopt-a-Student Uniform Drive\, which assists familie s in purchasing the uniforms required for elementary\, middle\, and high s chool students in Baltimore City Public Schools. Donations were also expan ded last year to include the purchase of essential school supplies. You ca n adopt one or more students by making a donation to uniforms\, school sup plies\, or both.\nIf you have a question or need technical assistance\, em ail Arnetta Shelton\, Community Programs manager in the Johns Hopkins Offi ce of Economic Development & Community Partnerships\, at communityprograms @jhu.edu. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220823 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Adopt-a-Student Uniform & Supply Drive URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/adopt-a-student-uniform-supply-drive/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ My-Post-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/My-Post-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu. edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/My-Post-1024x576.jpg\;1024\;576\;1\,full\;h ttps://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/My-Post.jpg\;2560\;1440\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nSince 2011\, Johns Hopkins employees have stepped up with generous donatio ns to the Adopt-a-Student Uniform Drive\, which assists families in purcha sing the uniforms required for elementary\, middle\, and high school stude nts in Baltimore City Public Schools. Donations were also expanded last ye ar to include the purchase of essential school supplies. You can adopt one or more students by making a donation to uniforms\, school supplies\, or both.
\nIf you have a question or n eed technical assistance\, email Arnetta Shelton\, Community Programs mana ger in the Johns Hopkins Office of Economic Development & Community Partne rships\, at communityprograms@jhu.edu.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12305@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures\; https://ventures.jhu.edu/progra ms-services/fastforward-u/accelerator/ DESCRIPTION:FastForward U’s accelerator programming is an opportunity for s tudent teams from across the University to work collaboratively to make pr ogress on their ventures. These engaging\, cross-disciplinary initiatives build skills\, grow networks\, and connect founders with other entrepreneu rial students.\nTeams are grouped by stage to allow students to learn toge ther at a pace that makes sense for where they are on their entrepreneuria l journey. Spark and Fuel tracks include a stipend and the chance to win a dditional funds at Demo Days.\nLearn more about each track. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220822 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:FastForward U Accelerator Program URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/fastforward-u-accelerator-program/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ Mao_DSC_1838-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-con tent/uploads/2020/10/Mao_DSC_1838-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https:/ /inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Mao_DSC_1838-1024x684.jpg\;1024\; 684\;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Mao_DSC_1838 .jpg\;1200\;801\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nFastForward U’s accelerator programming is an opportunity for student teams from across the University to work collaboratively to make progress on their ventures. These engaging\, cross-disciplinary initiatives build skills\, grow networks\, and connect founders with other entrepreneurial s tudents.
\nTeams are grouped by stage to allow students to learn tog ether at a pace that makes sense for where they are on their entrepreneuri al journey. Spark and Fuel tracks include a stipend and the chance to win additional funds at Demo Days.
\nLearn more about each track.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12776@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering\; https://engineersweek .jhu.edu/ DESCRIPTION:Engineers Week is a national\, annual celebration of the vital contributions that engineers make to our world. The schedule of events can be found on their website. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230226 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Johns Hopkins Engineers Week URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/johns-hopkins-engineers-week/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nEngineers Wee k is a national\, annual celebration of the vital contributions that engin eers make to our world. The schedule of events can be found on their website.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11063@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Office of Sustainability\; https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponseP age.aspx?id=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7GT-IFwDp51Il151io3ZApFUQjNDMUNTSDFKOVEwMV dSSURPNkFCRTE3UC4u DESCRIPTION:Ultra-low temperature freezers consume as much electricity annu ally as a typical single-family home. Hopkins laboratories can lower their lab’s carbon footprint and challenge your cold storage practices by takin g part in the Freezer Challenge. Supported by the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) and My Green Lab\, this challenge is d esigned to promote best practices in cold storage management for laborator ies around the world.\nJohns Hopkins operates over 1\,500 Ultra-low temper ature freezers and even more refrigerators\, standard freezers\, and cold rooms that utilize millions of kWh per year. The annual challenge encourag es labs to implement best practices related to cold storage maintenance\, from temperature tuning (-70C is the new -80C) to removing ice buildup\, t hat all contribute to making freezer more energy efficient.\nThis year\, t op performing labs at each Johns Hopkins school have the opportunity to ea rn up to $5\,000 in awards used for sustainable purchases\, repairs\, or u pgrades. All labs with cold-storage units are eligible to join the challen ge.\nThe challenge runs through July 1\, 2023 but actions as far back as A ugust 1\, 2022 are eligible be included. Many of these practices you may a lready be doing! As an added bonus\, participation in the Freezer Challeng e earns labs 2 Sustainability Actions Points towards Green Lab Certificati on.\nTo learn more about our other Green Labs initiatives at Johns Hopkins \, please visit the Office of Sustainability website or email sustainabili ty@jhu.edu. You can learn more from Freezer Challenge Asks Labs to Put Cos tly Energy Consumption on Ice. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230702 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:International Freezer Challenge URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/freezer-challenge-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ AdobeStock-Standar-license-102021-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https ://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-license-1020 21-300x200.jpeg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploa ds/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-license-102021-1024x683.jpeg\;1024\;683\;1\, full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-l icense-102021-scaled.jpeg\;2560\;1707\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nUltra-low temperature freezers consume as much electricity annually as a typical single-family home. Hopkins laboratories can lower their lab’s carbon footprint and challenge your cold storage pr actices by taking part in the Freezer Challenge. Supported by the International Institute for Sustainable Lab oratories (I2SL) and My Green Lab\, this challenge is designed to promote b est practices in cold storage management for laboratories around the world .
\nJohns Hopkins operates over 1\,500 Ultra-low temperature freezer s and even more refrigerators\, standard freezers\, and cold rooms that ut ilize millions of kWh per year. The annual challenge encourages labs to im plement best practices related to cold storage maintenance\, from temperat ure tuning (-70C is the new -80C) to removing ice buildup\, that all contr ibute to making freezer more energy efficient.
\nThis year\, top per forming labs at each Johns Hopkins school have the opportunity to earn up to $5\,000 in awards used for sustainable purchases\, repairs\, or upgrade s. All labs with cold-storage units are eligible to join the challenge.
\nThe challenge runs through July 1\, 2023 but actions as far back as August 1\, 2022 are eligible be included. Many of these practices you may already be doing! As an added bonus\, participation in the Freezer Challen ge earns labs 2 Sustainability Actions Points towards Green Lab Certificat ion.
\nTo learn more about our other Green Labs initiati ves at Johns Hopkins\, please visit the Office of Sustainabilit y website or email sustainability@jhu.edu. You can learn more from Freezer Challenge Asks Labs to Put Costly Energy C onsumption on Ice.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12774@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Whiting School of Engineering\; https://designday.jhu.edu/ DESCRIPTION:The Whiting School’s annual Engineering Design Day showcases ou r students’ creativity\, problem-solving skills\, and desire to make their mark on the world as they translate knowledge gained in classrooms and la bs into innovations that solve real-world problems.\nEnjoy more than 200 s tudent presentations\, posters\, and demos representing every academic dep artment at the Whiting School\, and speak with students about their work. \nA draft schedule will be provided soon. For more information\, visit the Design Day website\, where you also can see examples of last year’s proje cts. Registration is now open and required. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230502 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230503 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Johns Hopkins Engineering Design Day URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/johns-hopkins-engineering-design-day/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe Whiting S chool’s annual Engineering Design Day showcases our students’ creativity\, problem-solving skills\, and desire to make their mark on the world as th ey translate knowledge gained in classrooms and labs into innovations that solve real-world problems.
\nEnjoy more than 200 student presentati ons\, posters\, and demos representing every academic department at the Wh iting School\, and speak with students about their work.
\nA draft s chedule will be provided soon. For more information\, visit the Design Day website\, wh ere you also can see examples of last year’s projects. Registration is now open and require d.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4093@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Benefits Office\; https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklif e/community-engagement/ DESCRIPTION:The INBT is pleased to participate for the sixth year with the Johns Hopkins community in the Vernon Rice Memorial Holiday Turkey Program \, which supports the Baltimore community. For every $45 raised\, a basket with a fresh turkey and vegetables from a local farm will be provided to a family in need. Learn more about Vernon Rice\, the program\, and how to donate. You can also read this story about the program by the Johns Hopkin s Hub.\nDonations for the Thanksgiving holiday are due November 8\, 2023. If you donate\, email Gina at ginawadas@jhu.edu so she can continue tracki ng how many meals we supported. So far\, the INBT has provided 73 meals si nce the team has started participating.\n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231109 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Vernon Rice Memorial Holiday Turkey Program URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/vernon-rice-memorial-turkey-program/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ Screen-Shot-2022-09-29-at-11.10.24-AM-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2022-09-29-at-11 .10.24-AM-300x165.png\;300\;165\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content /uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2022-09-29-at-11.10.24-AM-1024x562.png\;1024\ ;562\;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot -2022-09-29-at-11.10.24-AM.png\;1243\;682\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe INBT is pleased to participate for the s ixth year with the Johns Hopkins community in the Vernon Rice Memorial Hol iday Turkey Program\, which supports the Baltimore community. For every $4 5 raised\, a basket with a fresh turkey and vegetables from a local farm w ill be provided to a family in need. Learn more about Vernon Rice\, the program\, and how to donate. You can also read this story about the program by the Johns Hopkins Hub.
\nDonations for the Than ksgiving holiday are due November 8\, 2023. If you donate \, email Gina at ginawadas@jhu.edu so she can continue tracking how many m eals we supported. So far\, the INBT has provided 73 meals since the team has started participating.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14375@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Office of Sustainability\; https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponseP age.aspx?id=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7GT-IFwDp51Il151io3ZApFUQjNDMUNTSDFKOVEwMV dSSURPNkFCRTE3UC4u DESCRIPTION:Ultra-low temperature freezers consume as much electricity annu ally as a typical single-family home. Hopkins laboratories can lower their lab’s carbon footprint and challenge your cold storage practices by takin g part in the Freezer Challenge. Supported by the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) and My Green Lab\, this challenge is d esigned to promote best practices in cold storage management for laborator ies around the world.\nJohns Hopkins operates over 1\,500 Ultra-low temper ature freezers and even more refrigerators\, standard freezers\, and cold rooms that utilize millions of kWh per year. The annual challenge encourag es labs to implement best practices related to cold storage maintenance\, from temperature tuning (-70C is the new -80C) to removing ice buildup\, t hat all contribute to making freezer more energy efficient.\nThe challenge runs through January 1\, 2024 to June 30\, 2024. To learn more about our other Green Labs initiatives at Johns Hopkins\, please visit the Office of Sustainability website or email sustainability@jhu.edu. You can learn mor e about past Freezer Challenges at Johns Hopkins. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240701 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:International Freezer Challenge 2024 URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/international-freezer-challenge-2024/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ AdobeStock-Standar-license-102021-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https ://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-license-1020 21-300x200.jpeg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploa ds/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-license-102021-1024x683.jpeg\;1024\;683\;1\, full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-l icense-102021-scaled.jpeg\;2560\;1707\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Ultra-low temperature freezers consume as much electricity annually as a typical single-family home. Hopkins laboratories can lower their lab’s carbon footprint and challenge your cold storage pr actices by taking part in the Freezer Challenge. Supported by the International Institute for Sustainable Lab oratories (I2SL) and My Green Lab\, this challenge is designed to promote b est practices in cold storage management for laboratories around the world .
\nJohns Hopkins operates over 1\,500 Ultra-low temperature freezer s and even more refrigerators\, standard freezers\, and cold rooms that ut ilize millions of kWh per year. The annual challenge encourages labs to im plement best practices related to cold storage maintenance\, from temperat ure tuning (-70C is the new -80C) to removing ice buildup\, that all contr ibute to making freezer more energy efficient.
\nThe challenge runs through January 1\, 2024 to June 30\, 2024. To learn more about our other Green Labs initiatives at Johns Hopkins\, please vi sit the Office of Sustainability website or email sustainability@jhu.edu. You can learn more about past Freezer Challenges at John s Hopkins.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14415@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures\; https://ventures.jhu.edu/event/ 2024-johns-hopkins-healthcare-design-competition-application/ DESCRIPTION:Open to any student-led team that has designed a health-related solution. All countries. All academic fields.\nA competition to celebrate good design in healthcare. Winners show a solid understanding of the need \, the people impacted\, focused problem-solving\, and a great real-world solution.\nTimeline:\nFebruary 12 – Submission of two-page proposals\nMarc h 18 – Finalists informed\nApril 13 – Final round (virtual event)\nEligibi lity for Application:\nProject must be focused on a healthcare application in either of the four tracksDesigns of Solutions for Advanced Health Syst ems\nGlobal Health/ Humanitarian Design\nHealthcare Apps/ Digital Health\n Post-Surgical Infection Management\nProject must have been started after J anuary 1\, 2022\nProject must be driven by full-time studentsPostdoc resea rch projects are ineligible.\nProjects that have utilized significant fund ing (>$100K) are ineligible.\nProjects that are not run by full-time stude nts are ineligible. For example\, projects run by startup companies or fac ulty are ineligible.\nEligible full-time students include those working to wards undergraduate\, masters\, doctoral\, and professional degrees (MBA\, MD\, etc.).Project teams should comprise of more than one full-time stude nt.\nApplicants can submit multiple unique projects DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240213 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition Application URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/johns-hopkins-healthcare-design-competition- application/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOpen to any s tudent-led team that has designed a health-related solution. All countries . All academic fields.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14303@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Whiting School of Engineering\; https://engineersweek.jhu.edu/ DESCRIPTION:Join the community at the Whiting School of Engineering during the week of February 19 through 23 for Engineers Week\, a national\, annua l celebration of the vital contributions that engineers make to the world. \nAgenda\nAerospace and Aviation – Monday\, February 19\nWSE’s 14th Annual Speed Networking Night- Tuesday\, February 20\nSociety of Women Engineer’ s Tower of Power – Wednesday\, February 21\nNight at the Museum for WSE Gr aduate Students – Thursday\, February 22\nCareer Fair – Friday\, February 23 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240224 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Engineers Week 2023 URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/engineers-week-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ IMG_1058-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content /uploads/2019/04/IMG_1058-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jh u.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_1058-1024x683.jpg\;1024\;683\;1\,full \;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_1058.jpg\;5184\;3456 \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin the community at the Whiting School of Engineering during the week o f February 19 through 23 for Engineers Week\, a national\, annual celebrat ion of the vital contributions that engineers make to the world.
\nA
genda
\nAerospace and Aviation – Monday\, February 19
\nWSE’s 14
th Annual Speed Networking Night- Tuesday\, February 20
\nSociety of
Women Engineer’s Tower of Power – Wednesday\, February 21
\nNight at
the Museum for WSE Graduate Students – Thursday\, February 22
\nCaree
r Fair – Friday\, February 23
Design Day is the Whiting School’s premier event that showcases Hopkins engineering stu dents’ work. Students implement their classroom knowledge\, creativity\, a nd problem-solving skills to develop inventions and processes that solve r eal-world problems and create a better future.
\nThis event is open to all! We welcome faculty\, staff\, other students\, and the public. Enjo y more than 200 student presentations\, posters\, and demos representing e very academic department at the Whiting School\, and speak with students a bout their work. For more information\, visit the Design Day website\, where you also c an see examples of last year’s projects.
\n#JHUDesignDay24
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7850@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and Repair\nPl ease join to meet Yibing Qyang\, associate professor of medicine (cardiolo gy) and of pathology from Yale University.\nAbstract: Mechanically robust vascular grafts are in urgent clinical demand for treating cardiovascular diseases or providing hemodialysis access. Vascular smooth muscle cells (V SMCs) can be derived in large numbers from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) for producing tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs). We will discuss the generation of hiPSC-derived TEVGs with mechanical streng th comparable to native vessels used in arterial bypass grafts by utilizin g biodegradable scaffolds\, incremental pulsatile stretching\, and optimal culture conditions. Following implantation into a rat aortic model\, hiPS C-TEVGs show excellent patency without luminal dilation and effectively ma intain mechanical and contractile function. To develop readily available v ascular grafts\, we have decellularized hiPSC-TEVGs based on an efficient decellularization approach. We have also successfully endothelialized dece llularized hiPSC-TEVGs with hiPSC-derived ECs (hiPSC-ECs) under shear stre ss in a flow bioreactor. Immunologically “universal” hiPSCs will be discus sed in order to make hiPSC-TEVG readily available for vascular treatment. Finally\, the progress on exploring TEVGs as a potential treatment for sin gle ventricle congenital heart defects will be shared. These studies may p rovide a foundation for future production of non-immunogenic hiPSC-TEVGs f or treating cardiovascular diseases.\nBiography: Yibing Qyang obtained his B.S. degree from the Department of Biochemistry\, Nanjing University\, Ch ina and subsequently pursued graduate studies at the Institute of Microbio logy\, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Then he joined the Department of Molec ular Genetics\, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. After rec eiving his M.S. degree from Dr. Michele Sawadogo’s laboratory\, and his Ph .D. from Dr. Stevan Marcus’s lab\, he spent the next year conducting postd octoral research at Baylor College of Medicine\, where he studied myelopro liferative diseases with a mouse model of presenilin deficiency. He next j oined Dr. Kenneth R. Chien’s laboratory at the University of California\, San Diego and then the Cardiovascular Research Center\, Massachusetts Gene ral Hospital\, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Stem Cell Institute. He has been studying the renewal and differentiation of cardiovascular progen itor cells\, marked by Isl1\, a LIM-Homeodomain transcription factor\, as well as cardiovascular disease mechanisms using human stem cell and animal models. In October 2008\, Dr. Qyang became a principal investigator at th e Yale Cardiovascular Research Institute and Section of Cardiology\, Dept. of Internal Medicine\, and Yale Stem Cell Center. Since 2010\, he has bee n Director of the Yale Stem Cell Research Forum.\nLab website\n\n \nZoom I nformation\nMeeting URL: https://wse.zoom.us/j/93684553880\nMeeting ID: 93 6 8455 3880\nBy Telephone\nDial: US: +1 301 715 8592 or\n+1 312 626 6799 o r\n+1 646 558 8656 or\n+1 346 248 7799 or\n+1 669 900 6833 or\n+1 253 215 8782\nMeeting ID: 936 8455 3880 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T140000 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Seminar with Yibing Qyang: Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Tissue Eng ineering and Repair URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/seminar-with-yibing-qyang/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-10.49.58-AM-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-10 .49.58-AM-300x288.png\;300\;288\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content /uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-08-at-10.49.58-AM.png\;601\;576\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nStem Ce lls for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and Repair
\nPlea se join to meet Yibing Qyang\, associate professor of medicine (cardiology ) and of pathology from Yale University.
\nAbstract: Mechanically robust vascular grafts are in urgent clinical demand for tr eating cardiovascular diseases or providing hemodialysis access. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) can be derived in large numbers from human ind uced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) for producing tissue-engineered vascu lar grafts (TEVGs). We will discuss the generation of hiPSC-derived TEVGs with mechanical strength comparable to native vessels used in arterial byp ass grafts by utilizing biodegradable scaffolds\, incremental pulsatile st retching\, and optimal culture conditions. Following implantation into a r at aortic model\, hiPSC-TEVGs show excellent patency without luminal dilat ion and effectively maintain mechanical and contractile function. To devel op readily available vascular grafts\, we have decellularized hiPSC-TEVGs based on an efficient decellularization approach. We have also successfull y endothelialized decellularized hiPSC-TEVGs with hiPSC-derived ECs (hiPSC -ECs) under shear stress in a flow bioreactor. Immunologically “universal” hiPSCs will be discussed in order to make hiPSC-TEVG readily available fo r vascular treatment. Finally\, the progress on exploring TEVGs as a poten tial treatment for single ventricle congenital heart defects will be share d. These studies may provide a foundation for future production of non-imm unogenic hiPSC-TEVGs for treating cardiovascular diseases.
\nBiography: Yibing Qyang obtained his B.S. degree from the Depart ment of Biochemistry\, Nanjing University\, China and subsequently pursued graduate studies at the Institute of Microbiology\, Chinese Academy of Sc iences. Then he joined the Department of Molecular Genetics\, University o f Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. After receiving his M.S. degree from Dr. Michele Sawadogo’s laboratory\, and his Ph.D. from Dr. Stevan Marcus’s lab\, he spent the next year conducting postdoctoral research at Baylor C ollege of Medicine\, where he studied myeloproliferative diseases with a m ouse model of presenilin deficiency. He next joined Dr. Kenneth R. Chien’s laboratory at the University of California\, San Diego and then the Cardi ovascular Research Center\, Massachusetts General Hospital\, Harvard Medic al School and Harvard Stem Cell Institute. He has been studying the renewa l and differentiation of cardiovascular progenitor cells\, marked by Isl1\ , a LIM-Homeodomain transcription factor\, as well as cardiovascular disea se mechanisms using human stem cell and animal models. In October 2008\, D r. Qyang became a principal investigator at the Yale Cardiovascular Resear ch Institute and Section of Cardiology\, Dept. of Internal Medicine\, and Yale Stem Cell Center. Since 2010\, he has been Director of the Yale Stem Cell Research Forum.
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Please join us for the 14th Annual Nano-Bio Symposium on Engineering in Aging Research. Census data from the United States projects that by 2050 the 65 year-old population will double and about 20% of the population wil l be over 60 years old. A rapidly aging world is expected to induce socio- economic burdens\, including age-associated diseases\, disabilities\, mult i-morbidities\, polypharmacy\, and healthcare costs. Engineers are positio ned to explore and provide solutions to these challenges and more to promo te healthy aging and well-being.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9790@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:ginawadas@jhu.edu\; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/establishing-your- digital-presence-scholarly-author-identifiers-tickets-149928071899 DESCRIPTION:An online event for for underrepresented graduate students in S TEM at Hopkins\nThis workshop is the first in a three-part series for unde rrepresented graduate students in STEM at Hopkins to help them grow their digital presence among their peers\, the public\, and future employers.\nS cholarly identifiers help researchers establish their presence among peers and is part of their digital identity. Identifier platforms such as Scopu s\, Google Scholar\, and ORCID can track a researcher’s scholarly output a nd impact\, establish them among other researchers with similar names\, an d more. They are also used by other organizations as well such as funders for grant applications and scholarly publishers.\nHowever\, college studen ts are unfamiliar with them and unsure how or where to get started using t he platforms. If you are new to author identifiers or want learn more abou t them\, join our workshop with scholarly communications expert Robin Sinn .\nThe event will be held virtually on the Zoom platform. Registration is required and closes at 12:00 pm on June 20\, 2021. A Zoom link will be ema iled to you the day before and the day of the event.\nAbout our Speaker: R obin Sinn (she/her/hers)\nRobin Sinn is a librarian in the Milton S. Eisen hower Library in the Office of Scholarly Communications. Sinn’s areas of e xpertise are publishing trends\, open access\, and copyright.\nThe worksho p series is made possible by The Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The goals of the Gilliam program are to ensure that students from groups historically excluded and unrepresente d in science are prepared for leadership roles in science.\nTickets: https ://www.eventbrite.com/e/establishing-your-digital-presence-scholarly-autho r-identifiers-tickets-149928071899. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T150000 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Establishing Your Digital Identity: Scholarly Author Identifiers URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/establishing-your-digital-identity-scholarly -author-identifiers/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThis workshop is the first in a three-part series for underrepresented graduate students in S TEM at Hopkins to help them grow their digital presence among the ir peers\, the public\, and future employers.
\nScholarly identifier s help researchers establish their presence among peers and is part of the ir digital identity. Identifier platforms such as Scopus\, Google Scholar\ , and ORCID can track a researcher’s scholarly output and impact\, establi sh them among other researchers with similar names\, and more. They are al so used by other organizations as well such as funders for grant applicati ons and scholarly publishers.
\nHowever\, college students are unfam iliar with them and unsure how or where to get started using the platforms . If you are new to author identifiers or want learn more about them\, joi n our workshop with scholarly communications expert Robin Sinn.
\nTh e event will be held virtually on the Zoom platform. Registration is required and closes at 12:00 pm on June 20\, 2021. A Zoom link will be emailed to you the day before and the day of the event.
\nAbout our
Speaker: Robin Sinn (she/her/hers)
\nRobin Sinn is a librari
an in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library in the Office of Scholarly Communic
ations. Sinn’s areas of expertise are publishing trends\, open access\, an
d copyright.
The workshop series is made possible by The Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The goals of the Gilliam program are to ensure that students from groups historically excluded and unrepre sented in science are prepared for leadership roles in science.
\n X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/establishing-your-digital-presen ce-scholarly-author-identifiers-tickets-149928071899 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-9976@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Camille Mathis\; cmathis@jhu.edu DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual information session to learn about the INBT’s Masters Industry Co-Op Program.\nTo broaden the practical trai ning for Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) students in the Whiting Sc hool of Engineering\, INBT collaborates with major industry partners to of fer students a six-month Co-Op opportunity that provides industry experien ce\, a salary\, and college credit. This program is currently only availab le to students in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering\, M echanical Engineering\, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\nGo to the Masters Co-Op website to learn more about the program.\n*The Co-Op pro gram is still active during the COVID-19 pandemic.\nThis event will be hel d via Zoom and students can log in here.\nWebinar ID: 946 8492 6515\nTelep hone: Dial by your location\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 646 55 8 8656 US (New York)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Ho uston)\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210902T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210902T110000 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Masters Industry Co-Op Virtual Information Session URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/masters-industry-co-op-virtual-information-s ession/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ Screen-Shot-2020-02-04-at-3.09.45-PM-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;htt ps://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-04-at-3.0 9.45-PM-300x168.png\;300\;168\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/u ploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-04-at-3.09.45-PM.png\;983\;551\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nPlease join us for a virtual information sess ion to learn about the INBT’s Masters Industry Co-Op Program.
\nTo b roaden the practical training for Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) s tudents in the Whiting School of Engineering\, INBT collaborates with majo r industry partners to offer students a six-month Co-Op opportunity that p rovides industry experience\, a salary\, and college credit. This program is currently only available to students in the Departments of Materials Sc ience and Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\, and Chemical and Biomolec ular Engineering.
\nGo to the Masters Co-Op we bsite to learn more about the program.
\n*The Co-Op progr am is still active during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Demystifying Scientific Publis hing from the Perspective of a Researcher Turned Professional Editor
\nRegistration for this virtual event is required. A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants the day of and the morning of th e event.
\nJoin us for a virtual meet and greet with Nature Communications editor Doaa Megahed. Doaa will discuss the publicati on process at Nature journals and Nature Communications in particular. Dur ing the session the audience can ask questions about the editorial process \, what it’s like to be an editor\, and more.
\nIn preparation for t he event\, the guest speaker has a survey for attendees to gather their interests and in sights about scientific publications.
\nRegister now on Eventbrite. p>\n
Biography
\nDoaa Megahed (aka Douaa Mugahid)
has been an Associate Editor at Nature Communications since September 2020
\, where she handles computational and systems biology-related papers. Pri
or to that she was a post-doc at the Department of Systems Biology at Harv
ard Medical School\, where she used a variety of methods to understand the
role of YAP as a regulator of non-cell autonomous signaling in the liver
and in cultured cells. As a graduate student at Heidelberg University and
the Max Delbrueck Center in Germany she studied how hibernating bears avoi
d the loss of muscle mass. She was part of the inaugural class of Heidelbe
rg University’s Master’s program in Systems Biology\, and has been a membe
r of the systems biology community ever since. She continues to serve scie
nce by advocating for papers that advance human knowledge\, democratize sc
ientific research\, and improve scientific reproducibility.
Megahe d is passionate about education and mentorship\, which is why she serves a s COO of Maqal 3elmy\, an initiative that makes science accessible to the Arab world through pop-science pieces. She also volunteers with the Journa l of Emerging Investigators. In this capacity she coordinates their Ask-A- Scientist program through which students get to ask questions related to s cience and the publication process. She is also one of JEI’s proofing edit ors\, and an occasional reviewer.
\nWhen not doing any of the above Megahed enjoys reading\, traveling\, spinning\, running\, crafting and uph olstering old furniture.
\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10747@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering\; https://jhtie.jhmi. edu/upcoming-training/ DESCRIPTION:The Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering is hosting a workshop series every Tuesday and Thursday in January.\nThe immunoengineer ing field is transforming cancer\, autoimmunity\, regeneration\, and trans plantation treatments by combining the diverse and complex fields of engin eering and immunology. There is a significant need to train engineers in i mmunology and immunologists in quantitative engineering techniques. Moreov er\, there is a need to bridge basic immunological discoveries with advanc es in clinical application. This workshop will review immune system fundam entals and components\, engineering strategies to modulate the immune syst em\, and clinical applications.\nAfter attending this workshop\, the learn er will demonstrate the ability to:\n– Review the fundamentals and recent discoveries in the function of the immune system.\n– Identify engineering strategies to manipulate the immune system.\n– Describe the clinical appli cations of immunoengineering.\nGo to their website to see schedule\, speak ers\, topics\, and registration information. Register by December 30\, 202 1. A late fee is applied for registering after the deadline.\nThis worksho p is eligible for CME credit and offered as a two-credit course for Johns Hopkins students.\nTickets: https://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/course overview?P=0&EID=38555. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T173000 LOCATION:Virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Advances in Immunoengineering: Fundamentals and Cutting Edge Advanc es (2022) URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/advances-in-immunoengineering-fundamentals-a nd-cutting-edge-advances-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ Home-Banner-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-cont ent/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner-300x156.jpg\;300\;156\;1\,large\;https://i nbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner-1024x533.jpg\;1024\;533 \;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner.jpg \;2500\;1301\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
The Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering is hosting a worksho p series every Tuesday and Thursday in January.
\nThe immunoengineer ing field is transforming cancer\, autoimmunity\, regeneration\, and trans plantation treatments by combining the diverse and complex fields of engin eering and immunology. There is a significant need to train engineers in i mmunology and immunologists in quantitative engineering techniques. Moreov er\, there is a need to bridge basic immunological discoveries with advanc es in clinical application. This workshop will review immune system fundam entals and components\, engineering strategies to modulate the immune syst em\, and clinical applications.
\nAfter attending this workshop\, th
e learner will demonstrate the ability to:
\n– Review the fundamental
s and recent discoveries in the function of the immune system.
\n– Id
entify engineering strategies to manipulate the immune system.
\n– De
scribe the clinical applications of immunoengineering.
Go to their website to see schedule\, speakers\, topics\, and r egistration information. Register by December 30\, 2021. A late fee is app lied for registering after the deadline.
\nThis workshop is eligible for CME credit and offered as a two-credit course for Johns Hopkins stude nts.
\nTickets: https://hopki nscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=38555.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EI D=38555 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11337@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:My Green Lab DESCRIPTION:Is your lab ready to reduce its environmental impact?\nJoin My Green Lab on for a virtual panel discussion with previous Freezer Challeng e participants\, including JHU’s own James Leatherman\, Clinical Sample Ma nager in the GI Oncology Research Lab at School of Medicine. They will sha re the strategies they used to be successful in this competition\, encoura ge their lab colleagues to participate\, and implement cold storage best p ractices in a variety of lab environments.\nThe discussion will be pertine nt for lab groups already participating in the 2022 Freezer Challenge and those yet to sign up! This will be a fun\, engaging conversation between c olleagues with the goal of encouraging more scientists and laboratories fr om around the world to participate in the current Freezer Challenge. The 2 022 Freezer Challenge runs until July 1\, but it is not too late for addit ional labs to participate!\nRegister for the session.\nFor questions about the JHU Freezer Challenge\, email sustainability@jhu.edu or Green Labs Sp ecialist\, Ryan Weeks\, rweeks3@jhu.edu. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T120000 LOCATION:Virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Freezer Challenge Strategy Session URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/freezer-challenge-strategy-session/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ AdobeStock-Standar-license-102021-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https ://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-license-1020 21-300x200.jpeg\;300\;200\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploa ds/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-license-102021-1024x683.jpeg\;1024\;683\;1\, full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AdobeStock-Standar-l icense-102021-scaled.jpeg\;2560\;1707\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nIs your lab ready to reduce its environmental i mpact?
\nJoin My Green Lab on for a virtual panel discussion with pr evious Freezer Challenge participants\, including JHU’s own James Leatherm an\, Clinical Sample Manager in the GI Oncology Research Lab at School of Medicine. They will share the strategies they used to be successful in thi s competition\, encourage their lab colleagues to participate\, and implem ent cold storage best practices in a variety of lab environments.
\nThe discussion will be pertinent for lab groups already participating in t he 2022 Freezer Challenge and those yet to sign up! This will be a fun\, e ngaging conversation between colleagues with the goal of encouraging more scientists and laboratories from around the world to participate in the cu rrent Freezer Challenge. The 2022 Freezer Challenge runs until July 1\, bu t it is not too late for additional labs to participate!
\nRegister for the session. span>
\nFor questions about the JHU Freezer Challenge\, email sustai nability@jhu.edu or Green Labs Specialist\, Ryan Weeks\, rweeks3@jhu.edu.< /p>\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12678@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Institute for NanoBioTechnology\; https://inbt.jhu.edu/engineering- genes-and-genomes/ DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend our hybrid 15th Nano-Bio Symposium on Engineering Genes and Genomes.\nFrom draft sequencing the human genome in 2001\, to the development of CRISPR editing tools in 2012\, to the first FDA approved gene therapy in 2017\, recent progress in genetics and genomi cs has been astonishing. This year’s symposium will feature the frontiers of this exciting bioengineering research with lectures\, panels\, and post ers to showcase diverse approaches to interrogate genome structure and man ipulate gene products. Attendees will learn about nanoscale system develop ments to deliver gene therapies in tissue and cell specific ways\, RNA reg ulatory dynamics that govern how genotype manifests as phenotype\, genomic tagging to reveal lineage relationships in development and disease\, and how to bring these advances to patients through safe\, efficacious\, and e quitable genetic medicine development. By surveying this progress\, engine ers\, biologists\, and their partners can better understand the grand chal lenges to altering biological systems.\nThis is a hybrid event where the l ectures and panels will be virtual and the poster session with a reception will be in-person. Registration is required.\nLearn more about the agenda \, speakers\, and more here. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220610T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220610T170000 LOCATION:Hybrid SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:15th Nano-Bio Symposium URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/15th-nano-bio-symposium-2/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ Grey-Orange-Onion-Drawing-Business-Card-2-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium \;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Grey-Orange-Onion-Drawin g-Business-Card-2-300x169.png\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp -content/uploads/2022/04/Grey-Orange-Onion-Drawing-Business-Card-2-1024x57 6.png\;1024\;576\;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04 /Grey-Orange-Onion-Drawing-Business-Card-2.png\;2560\;1440\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nAll are welcome to attend our hybrid 15t h Nano-Bio Symposium on Engineering Genes and Genomes.
\nFrom draft sequencing the human genome in 2001\, to the development of CRISPR editing tools in 2012\, to the first FDA approved gene therapy in 2017\, recent p rogress in genetics and genomics has been astonishing. This year’s symposi um will feature the frontiers of this exciting bioengineering research wit h lectures\, panels\, and posters to showcase diverse approaches to interr ogate genome structure and manipulate gene products. Attendees will learn about nanoscale system developments to deliver gene therapies in tissue an d cell specific ways\, RNA regulatory dynamics that govern how genotype ma nifests as phenotype\, genomic tagging to reveal lineage relationships in development and disease\, and how to bring these advances to patients thro ugh safe\, efficacious\, and equitable genetic medicine development. By su rveying this progress\, engineers\, biologists\, and their partners can be tter understand the grand challenges to altering biological systems.
\nThis is a hybrid event where the lectures and panels will be vi rtual and the poster session with a reception will be in-person. Registrat ion is required.
\nLearn more about the agenda\, speakers\, and more here.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12047@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins School of Medicine\; https://hopkins-cares.med.jhmi.e du/eventinformation/ DESCRIPTION:We invite you to see presentations by our summer students in IN BT’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the CARES Symposium . Registration is required as the event is virtual.\nThe Hopkins C.A.R.E.S . Symposium (Career\, Academic\, and Research Experiences for Students) is on July 28\, 2022\, from 11 AM – 2:20 PM EST. The symposium provides oppo rtunities for students who participated in a Johns Hopkins University Scho ol of Medicine pathway program to share their summer research presentation s to the Hopkins community\, faculty\, recruits from local colleges and un iversities\, and network with high-achieving undergraduates. All efforts w ill be made to make this event inclusive and accessible. To request accomm odations or discuss other accessibility needs\, please contact somdiversit y@jhmi.edu.\nINBT presenters include\nAyanna Horsford – poster presentatio n\nGaby Bentolila – poster presentation\nNyssa Engebo – oral presentation \nPeyton Panovich – oral presentation\nChristine Wei – oral presentation\n Sulaiman Jenkins\, Director of Academic Programs – moderator and closing r emarks\n \nTickets: https://events.zoom.us/ev/AnsBckTewdX3S-UrHLLehTYkTQiD c0v1yOcPgDOSntkIQgkzHwGb~AggLXsr32QYFjq8BlYLZ5I06Dg?lmt=1657805476000. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T142000 LOCATION:Virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CARES Symposium 2022 URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/cares-symposium-2022/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-11.28.34-AM-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-11 .28.34-AM-300x161.png\;300\;161\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content /uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-11.28.34-AM.png\;922\;495\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nWe invite you to see presentations by our su mmer students in INBT’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the CARES Symposium. Registration is required as the event is vi rtual.
\nThe Hopkins C.A.R.E.S. Symposium (Career\, Academic\, and R esearch Experiences for Students) is on July 28\, 2022\, from 11 AM – 2:20 PM EST. The symposium provides opportunities for students who participate d in a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine pathway program to shar e their summer research presentations to the Hopkins community\, faculty\, recruits from local colleges and universities\, and network with high-ach ieving undergraduates. All efforts will be made to make this event inclusi ve and accessible. To request accommodations or discuss other accessibilit y needs\, please contact somdiversity@jhmi.edu.
\nINBT presenters in clude
\nAyanna Horsford – poster presentation
\nGaby Bentolila
– poster presentation
\nNyssa Engebo – oral presentation
\nPeyto
n Panovich – oral presentation
\nChristine Wei – oral presentation
\nSulaiman Jenkins\, Director of Academic Programs – moderator and clos
ing remarks
\n X-TICKETS-URL:https://events.zoom.us/ev/AnsBckTewdX3S-UrHLLehTYkTQiDc0v1yOc PgDOSntkIQgkzHwGb~AggLXsr32QYFjq8BlYLZ5I06Dg?lmt=1657805476000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13540@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Sulaiman Jenkins\; sjenki48@jhu.edu DESCRIPTION:Every summer for 12 years\, the INBT has welcomed undergraduate students to the Nanotechnology for Biology and Bioengineering Research Ex perience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Students spend 10-weeks with I NBT faculty and mentors heavily engaged in research projects ranging from developing cancer therapies and diagnostic tools to using regenerative eng ineering to heal the body. They also participate in professional developme nt training\, networking activities\, and explore Baltimore and other surr ounding cities. We welcome you to join us to see presentations by our 2022 summer students as they showcase their research projects.\nThis event is hybrid. Space is limited in Malone Hall G33/G35 to 35 people. If space is unavailable we ask you to join by Zoom.\nZoom information\nhttps://wse.zoo m.us/j/94977263610?pwd=WFRNRU1TbEFhclBOdkxvdkxwNGI0Zz09\nMeeting ID: 949 7 726 3610\nPasscode: 146035\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220808T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220808T150000 LOCATION:Malone Hall and Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Summer 2022 REU Student Presentations URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/summer-2022-reu-student-presentations-3/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ NanoBio-REU-2022-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp -content/uploads/2022/07/NanoBio-REU-2022-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\ ;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NanoBio-REU-2022-1024x576 .jpg\;1024\;576\;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ NanoBio-REU-2022.jpg\;2560\;1440\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Every summer for 12 years\, the INBT has welcomed undergraduate s tudents to the Nanotechnology for Biology and Bi oengineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) progr am. Students spend 10-weeks with INBT faculty and mentors heavily engaged in research projects ranging from developing cancer therapies and diagnos tic tools to using regenerative engineering to heal the body. They also pa rticipate in professional development training\, networking activities\, a nd explore Baltimore and other surrounding cities. We welcome you to join us to see presentations by our 2022 summer students as they showcase their research projects.
\nThis event is hybrid. Space is limited in Malo ne Hall G33/G35 to 35 people. If space is unavailable we ask you to join b y Zoom.
\nZoom information
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https://wse.zoom.us/j/94977263610?pwd=WFRNRU1TbEFhclBOdkxvdkxwNGI0Zz09
\nMeeting ID: 949 7726 3610
\nPasscode: 146035
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12059@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Sulaiman Jenkins\; sjenki48@jhu.edu DESCRIPTION:Every summer for 12 years\, the INBT has welcomed undergraduate students to the Nanotechnology for Biology and Bioengineering Research Ex perience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Students spend 10-weeks with I NBT faculty and mentors heavily engaged in research projects ranging from developing cancer therapies and diagnostic tools to using regenerative eng ineering to heal the body. They also participate in professional developme nt training\, networking activities\, and explore Baltimore and other surr ounding cities. We welcome you to join us to see presentations by our 2022 summer students as they showcase their research projects.\nThis event is hybrid. Space is limited in Malone Hall G33/G35 to 35 people. If space is unavailable we ask you to join by Zoom.\nZoom information\nhttps://wse.zoo m.us/j/94977263610?pwd=WFRNRU1TbEFhclBOdkxvdkxwNGI0Zz09\nMeeting ID: 949 7 726 3610\nPasscode: 146035\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220808T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220808T150000 LOCATION:Malone Hall and Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Summer 2022 REU Student Presentations URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/summer-2022-reu-student-presentations/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ NanoBio-REU-2022-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp -content/uploads/2022/07/NanoBio-REU-2022-300x169.jpg\;300\;169\;1\,large\ ;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NanoBio-REU-2022-1024x576 .jpg\;1024\;576\;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ NanoBio-REU-2022.jpg\;2560\;1440\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Every summer for 12 years\, the INBT has welcomed undergraduate s tudents to the Nanotechnology for Biology and Bi oengineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) progr am. Students spend 10-weeks with INBT faculty and mentors heavily engaged in research projects ranging from developing cancer therapies and diagnos tic tools to using regenerative engineering to heal the body. They also pa rticipate in professional development training\, networking activities\, a nd explore Baltimore and other surrounding cities. We welcome you to join us to see presentations by our 2022 summer students as they showcase their research projects.
\nThis event is hybrid. Space is limited in Malo ne Hall G33/G35 to 35 people. If space is unavailable we ask you to join b y Zoom.
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\nMeeting ID: 949 7726 3610
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12378@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Department of Mechanical Engineering DESCRIPTION:“The Discovery of Viscosity Sensor that Facilitates the Counter intuitive Acceleration of Migrating Cells in Highly Viscous Fluids”\nYun C hen is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins U niversity. Her research is focused on developing tools to measure key par ameters in mechanobiology\, understanding the fundamental biophysical mech anisms that contribute to diseases\, and applying knowledge gained from ba sic mechanobiology research to clinical applications. While a vast amount of effort has been invested in characterizing the biophysical properties i n diseased cells and tissues\, most of these efforts are limited to measur ing the stiffness\, diffusion\, and viscosity of samples. Those properties are regarded as consequences of the diseases\, rather than the causes. Th e abnormal biophysical traits can be the causes of the diseases\, and her research has been dedicated to uncovering this commonly overlooked causali ty. Similarly\, the unusual biophysical properties associated with disease s have been exploited as diagnosis tools\, but few treatments\, if any\, e mploy biophysical principles to correct the errant biological processes kn own as pathology. Chen’s research group has been making significant progre ss on these uncharted territories. Their goal is to understand how altered biophysics in biological systems contribute to pathological processes in order to develop treatments for diseases. Their efforts include developing measurement tools to quantitatively characterize biophysical phenomena\, such as axial stiffness of twisted DNA strands\, differential force genera tion profiles and viscoelasticity of cancer cells compared to their normal counterparts\, and identifying the underlying mechanisms for such differe nces\, which can be exploited for disease diagnosis and treatment.\nExtrac ellular fluid (ECF) is a critical component of the body. Cells are surrou nded by and move through biological fluids that span orders of magnitudes of viscosity in vivo\, including mucus\, saliva\, blood\, and synovial flu id\, among others. Interstitial fluid in the tumor microenvironment is vis cous\, ascites in cancer patients is highly viscous\, and the mucus of pat ients with cystic fibrosis is highly viscous. Elevated viscosity in the tu mor microenvironment and in ascites can increase the rate of cancer cell m otility and promote metastasis. Elevated viscosity in mucus can inappropr iately increase the migration of fibroblasts to airway wounds incurred in patients with cystic fibrosis\, resulting in the worsening of fibrosis. In creases in ECF viscosity are also associated with aging and many other dis eases. Despite the profound implications of ECF viscosity\, our understan ding of the mechanosignaling pathways that allow cells to respond to visco sity changes and the underlying mechanism leading to increased cell speeds is very limited. To gain more insights\, we used bio-compatible polymers to mimic viscous ECF\, aims to fill this knowledge void. We conducted deta iled characterization of the cellular responses to viscosity – from the ti me point immediately after viscosity is increased to hours afterwards\, an d from single molecule force measurement to dynamic 3D cellular morphology profiling. We observed that cells immersed in highly viscous medium\, whi ch had a consistency similar to that of honey\, drastically changed morpho logy and began moving nearly twice as fast. Step by step\, we dissected t he molecular cascade leading to the cell speed increase in response to ele vated viscosity. Combining numerical simulation and experimental data\, w e showed that membrane ruffling\, a common feature of adherent cells\, act s in effect as a sensor of ECF viscosity\, probing the hydraulic resistanc e of the surrounding fluid and triggering adaptive responses. In summary\, we demonstrate for the first time that a universal viscosity sensing mech anism exists in adherent cells to actively probe and adapt to changes in t he viscosity of the microenvironment. The physical interplay between mech anical forces that power membrane ruffling and the counteracting hydraulic resistance is at the heart of this sensing mechanism. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T160000 LOCATION:Hodson Hall 210 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Seminar with Mechanical Engineer Assistant Professor Yun Chen URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/seminar-with-mechanical-engineer-assistant-p rofessor-yun-chen/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ YUN-Chen-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content /uploads/2019/03/YUN-Chen-300x300.png\;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jh u.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/YUN-Chen.png\;400\;400\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
“The Discovery of Viscosity Sensor t hat Facilitates the Counterintuitive Acceleration of Migrating Cells in Hi ghly Viscous Fluids”
\nYun Chen is an assistant professor o f mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Her research is foc used on developing tools to measure key parameters in mechanobiology\, und erstanding the fundamental biophysical mechanisms that contribute to disea ses\, and applying knowledge gained from basic mechanobiology research to clinical applications. While a vast amount of effort has been invested in characterizing the biophysical properties in diseased cells and tissues\, most of these efforts are limited to measuring the stiffness\, diffusion\, and viscosity of samples. Those properties are regarded as consequences o f the diseases\, rather than the causes. The abnormal biophysical traits c an be the causes of the diseases\, and her research has been dedicated to uncovering this commonly overlooked causality. Similarly\, the unusual bio physical properties associated with diseases have been exploited as diagno sis tools\, but few treatments\, if any\, employ biophysical principles to correct the errant biological processes known as pathology. Chen’s resear ch group has been making significant progress on these uncharted territori es. Their goal is to understand how altered biophysics in biological syste ms contribute to pathological processes in order to develop treatments for diseases. Their efforts include developing measurement tools to quantitat ively characterize biophysical phenomena\, such as axial stiffness of twis ted DNA strands\, differential force generation profiles and viscoelastici ty of cancer cells compared to their normal counterparts\, and identifying the underlying mechanisms for such differences\, which can be exploited f or disease diagnosis and treatment.
\nExtracellular fluid (ECF) is a critical component of the body. Cells are surrounded by and move through biological fluids that span orders of magnitudes of viscosity in vivo\, i ncluding mucus\, saliva\, blood\, and synovial fluid\, among others. Inter stitial fluid in the tumor microenvironment is viscous\, ascites in cancer patients is highly viscous\, and the mucus of patients with cystic fibros is is highly viscous. Elevated viscosity in the tumor microenvironment and in ascites can increase the rate of cancer cell motility and promote meta stasis. Elevated viscosity in mucus can inappropriately increase the migr ation of fibroblasts to airway wounds incurred in patients with cystic fib rosis\, resulting in the worsening of fibrosis. Increases in ECF viscosity are also associated with aging and many other diseases. Despite the prof ound implications of ECF viscosity\, our understanding of the mechanosigna ling pathways that allow cells to respond to viscosity changes and the und erlying mechanism leading to increased cell speeds is very limited. To gai n more insights\, we used bio-compatible polymers to mimic viscous ECF\, a ims to fill this knowledge void. We conducted detailed characterization of the cellular responses to viscosity – from the time point immediately aft er viscosity is increased to hours afterwards\, and from single molecule f orce measurement to dynamic 3D cellular morphology profiling. We observed that cells immersed in highly viscous medium\, which had a consistency sim ilar to that of honey\, drastically changed morphology and began moving ne arly twice as fast. Step by step\, we dissected the molecular cascade lea ding to the cell speed increase in response to elevated viscosity. Combin ing numerical simulation and experimental data\, we showed that membrane r uffling\, a common feature of adherent cells\, acts in effect as a sensor of ECF viscosity\, probing the hydraulic resistance of the surrounding flu id and triggering adaptive responses. In summary\, we demonstrate for the first time that a universal viscosity sensing mechanism exists in adherent cells to actively probe and adapt to changes in the viscosity of the micr oenvironment. The physical interplay between mechanical forces that power membrane ruffling and the counteracting hydraulic resistance is at the he art of this sensing mechanism.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12385@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Institute for NanoBioTechnology DESCRIPTION:Uniquely among mammalian organs\, skin is capable of dramatic s ize changes in adulthood\, yet the mechanisms underlying this striking cap acity are unclear. The Reddy lab recently developed a method to induce con trolled skin growth in genetically tractable mice. Using machine learning- guided three dimensional tissue reconstruction\, they discovered that skin growth is driven by proliferation of the epidermis in response to mechani cal tension\, with more limited changes in dermal and subdermal compartmen ts. Epidermal growth is in turn achieved through preferential activation a nd differentiation of Lgr6+ stem cells of the epidermis\, controlled in pa rt by the Hippo pathway. Single-cell RNA sequencing uncovered further chan ges in mechanosensitive and metabolic pathways underlying growth control i n skin. These studies point to therapeutic strategies to enhance skin grow th and establish a platform for understanding organ size dynamics in adult mammals.\nThose who cannot attend in person can watch on Zoom.\nAbout the speaker\nDr. Sashank Reddy completed his undergraduate studies at Johns H opkins as a Beneficial Hodson Scholar\, followed by MDPhD studies at Harva rd Medical School and MIT under the auspices of the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program. Following his clinical training at the Johns Hopkins Uni versity School of Medicine\, Dr. Reddy joined the faculty in 2019. His NIH -funded laboratory studies developmental biology and regenerative medicine with a particular focus on soft tissues. Dr. Reddy is also an accomplishe d biomedical innovator and a founder of venture-backed companies. In his r ole at INBT\, Dr. Reddy works to grow the scientific and translational exc ellence of the Institute. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T130000 LOCATION:Hodson Hall 305 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mechanisms Governing Organ Size Dynamics in the Skin Seminar with S ashank Reddy URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/mechanisms-governing-organ-size-dynamics-in- the-skin-seminar-with-sashank-redddy/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ Sashank-Reddy-e1599768392516-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inb t.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sashank-Reddy-e1599768392516-268x300. jpg\;268\;300\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/S ashank-Reddy-e1599768392516-913x1024.jpg\;913\;1024\;1\,full\;https://inbt .jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sashank-Reddy-e1644246074537.jpg\;600\ ;673\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nUniquely among mammalian organs\, skin is capable of dramatic size changes in adulthood\, yet the mechanisms underlying this st riking capacity are unclear. The Reddy lab recently developed a method to induce controlled skin growth in genetically tractable mice. Using machine learning-guided three dimensional tissue reconstruction\, they discovered that skin growth is driven by proliferation of the epidermis in response to mechanical tension\, with more limited changes in dermal and subdermal compartments. Epidermal growth is in turn achieved through preferential ac tivation and differentiation of Lgr6+ stem cells of the epidermis\, contro lled in part by the Hippo pathway. Single-cell RNA sequencing uncovered fu rther changes in mechanosensitive and metabolic pathways underlying growth control in skin. These studies point to therapeutic strategies to enhance skin growth and establish a platform for understanding organ size dynamic s in adult mammals.
\nThose who cannot attend in person can watch on Zoom.
\nAbout the speaker
\nDr. Sashank Reddy compl
eted his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins as a Beneficial Hodson Sch
olar\, followed by MDPhD studies at Harvard Medical School and MIT under t
he auspices of the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program. Following his c
linical training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine\, Dr.
Reddy joined the faculty in 2019. His NIH-funded laboratory studies develo
pmental biology and regenerative medicine with a particular focus on soft
tissues. Dr. Reddy is also an accomplished biomedical innovator and a foun
der of venture-backed companies. In his role at INBT\, Dr. Reddy works to
grow the scientific and translational excellence of the Institute.
From Bench to Bedside: Translation of a Novel PLGA Nanoparticle Delivery System for Tolerogenic Therapy of Immune-Medicated Diseases
\nSem inar Take-Home Points
\nAbout the speaker
\nDr. Step
hen Miller is the Judy E. Gugenheim Research Professor Emeritus of Microbi
ologyImmunology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in
Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in 1975 from the Pennsylvania State Univers
ity and did postdoctoral training at the University of Colorado Health Sci
ences Center before joining the faculty at Northwestern in 1981 where he f
ounded and served as Director of the Northwestern University Interdepartme
ntal Immunobiology Center from 1992-2021. Dr. Miller is internationally re
cognized for his research on pathogenesis and regulation of autoimmune dis
eases. His current work is geared towards understanding the cellular and m
olecular mechanisms of T cell tolerance and translating the use of antigen
-encapsulating biodegradable PLG nanoparticles for the treatment of other
human immunemediated diseases including autoimmunity\, allergy\, protein a
nd gene replacement therapy\, and tissue/organ transplantation.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12584@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Department of Mechanical Engineering\; https://me.jhu.edu/ DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to a seminar with guest speaker Gregg Duncan an d his presentation on\, “Mucus Gels and Innate Lung Defense.” This is a hy brid event. Guests are welcome to come in-person in Hodson Hall 210 on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus or by Zoom.\nZoom link and passcode: 530803 \nMucus is a biological gel within the lung designed to behave like an “es calator” with the ability to capture potentially harmful inhaled materials (e.g. pathogens\, particulates) and carry these materials via mucociliary clearance up to the throat to be swallowed and sterilized. A breakdown in lung mucus barrier function can lead to increased infections by respirato ry viruses\, such as influenza\, rhinovirus\, and coronaviruses\, as they are not effectively removed from the airway. For these seasonal and emergi ng human viral pathogens\, it is important to understand the mechanisms th rough which viral particles avoid adhesion to the mucus barrier and transp ort to the underlying epithelium to cause infection. To examine this\, we measured influenza A virus and nanoparticle diffusion in mucus from human donors using high-speed fluorescent video microscopy and multiple particle tracking. Through these measurements\, we can directly determine binding affinity and mode of adhesion for influenza A and other respiratory viruse s in 3D human mucus matrices. MUC5B and MUC5AC are large\, gel-forming muc ins that assemble to form airway mucus gels. However due to the lack of ap propriate models\, it is not yet fully understood how MUC5B and MUC5AC ind ividually or synergistically contribute to the biological function of mucu s. To understand their unique roles in respiratory health\, I will also di scuss our studies on the rheological properties and transport function of mucus in human airway tissue cultures genetically engineered to secrete ei ther MUC5B or MUC5AC. These bioengineered models provide key insights on h ow MUC5B and MUC5AC work in concert to enable host mucosal barrier functio n providing a highly valuable means to understand their roles in health an d disease.\nSpeaker Bio: Gregg Duncan earned his Ph.D. in chemical enginee ring under the guidance of Michael Bevan at Johns Hopkins University. He t hen completed his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicin e in the Center for Nanomedicine directed by Justin Hanes. Dr. Duncan is c urrently an Assistant Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineeri ng at the University of Maryland. Dr. Duncan leads the Respiratory Nano Bi oengineering (RnB) lab\, which aims to understand airway micro-physiology in health and disease to engineer new therapeutic strategies for obstructi ve lung diseases such as asthma\, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease\, and cystic fibrosis. Dr. Duncan is the recipient of several honors and awa rds including the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific I nterface\, BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award\, the CMBE Young In novator Award\, and the NSF CAREER Award DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221111T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221111T160000 LOCATION:Hodson Hall 210 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mucus Gels and Innate Lung Defense Seminar with Gregg Duncan URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/mucus-gels-and-innate-lung-defense-seminar-w ith-gregg-duncan/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
All are welco me to a seminar with guest speaker Gregg Duncan and his presentation on\, “Mucus Gels and Innate Lung Defense.” This is a hybrid event. Guests are w elcome to come in-person in Hodson Hall 210 on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus or by Zoom.
\nZoom link and pa sscode: 530803
\nMucus is a biological gel withi n the lung designed to behave like an “escalator” with the ability to capt ure potentially harmful inhaled materials (e.g. pathogens\, particulates) and carry these materials via mucociliary clearance up to the throat to be swallowed and sterilized. A breakdown in lung mucus barrier function can lead to increased infections by respiratory viruses\, such as influenza\, rhinovirus\, and coronaviruses\, as they are not effectively removed from the airway. For these seasonal and emerging human viral pathogens\, it is important to understand the mechanisms through which viral particles avoid adhesion to the mucus barrier and transport to the underlying epithelium to cause infection. To examine this\, we measured influenza A virus and na noparticle diffusion in mucus from human donors using high-speed fluoresce nt video microscopy and multiple particle tracking. Through these measurem ents\, we can directly determine binding affinity and mode of adhesion for influenza A and other respiratory viruses in 3D human mucus matrices. MUC 5B and MUC5AC are large\, gel-forming mucins that assemble to form airway mucus gels. However due to the lack of appropriate models\, it is not yet fully understood how MUC5B and MUC5AC individually or synergistically cont ribute to the biological function of mucus. To understand their unique rol es in respiratory health\, I will also discuss our studies on the rheologi cal properties and transport function of mucus in human airway tissue cult ures genetically engineered to secrete either MUC5B or MUC5AC. These bioen gineered models provide key insights on how MUC5B and MUC5AC work in conce rt to enable host mucosal barrier function providing a highly valuable mea ns to understand their roles in health and disease.
\nSpeaker Bio: Gregg Duncan earned his Ph.D. in chemical e ngineering under the guidance of Michael Bevan at Johns Hopkins University . He then completed his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins School of M edicine in the Center for Nanomedicine directed by Justin Hanes. Dr. Dunca n is currently an Assistant Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioeng ineering at the University of Maryland. Dr. Duncan leads the Respiratory N ano Bioengineering (RnB) lab\, which aims to understand airway micro-physi ology in health and disease to engineer new therapeutic strategies for obs tructive lung diseases such as asthma\, chronic obstructive pulmonary dise ase\, and cystic fibrosis. Dr. Duncan is the recipient of several honors a nd awards including the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scient ific Interface\, BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award\, the CMBE Yo ung Innovator Award\, and the NSF CAREER Award
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12590@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Department of Mechanical Engineering DESCRIPTION:Advancing Biological Imaging and Sensing Using Quantum Technolo gies with Warwick Bowen.\nQuantum technologies can exponentially accelerat e computer simulations and detect signals that would be invisible to other technologies. This provides the potential for wide impact across the bios ciences: better modelling of biochemical processes\, and better imaging of biological systems. In this talk I will provide an overview of this poten tial\, and how it could create a new field of quantum biotechnology. As an illustrative example\, I will then introduce work in my laboratory that u ses quantum correlated light to enhance bioimaging. In that work\, we demo nstrate for the first time that quantum correlations can be used to evade photochemical intrusion on the biological specimen\, and therefore to obse rve biological structures that would be otherwise inaccessible. We achieve this in a coherent Raman microscope\, providing chemically-specific infor mation about the cell. Our results represents the first demonstration of a bsolute quantum advantage in biological microscopy\, and we hope will open the door to a bright future for quantum bioimaging.\nProfessor Bowen’s re search focuses on the implications of quantum science on precision measure ment\, and applications of quantum measurement in areas ranging from quant um condensed matter physics to the biosciences. He is the Director of the just announced Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics \, Director of the University of Queensland Precision Technologies Transla tion Hub\, and a Theme Leader of the Australian Centre for Engineered Quan tum Systems. Prof Bowen’s research is supported by the Australian Research Council\, the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research\, Lockheed Marti n\, the US Army Research Office and the Australian Defence Science and Tec hnology Group.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T150000 LOCATION:Maryland Hall 103 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Advancing Biological Imaging and Sensing Using Quantum Technologies URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/advancing-biological-imaging-and-sensing-usi ng-quantum-technologies/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nAdvancing Biological Imaging and Sensing Using Quantum Tec hnologies with Warwick Bowen.
\nQuantum technologies can exponential ly accelerate computer simulations and detect signals that would be invisi ble to other technologies. This provides the potential for wide impact acr oss the biosciences: better modelling of biochemical processes\, and bette r imaging of biological systems. In this talk I will provide an overview o f this potential\, and how it could create a new field of quantum biotechn ology. As an illustrative example\, I will then introduce work in my labor atory that uses quantum correlated light to enhance bioimaging. In that wo rk\, we demonstrate for the first time that quantum correlations can be us ed to evade photochemical intrusion on the biological specimen\, and there fore to observe biological structures that would be otherwise inaccessible . We achieve this in a coherent Raman microscope\, providing chemically-sp ecific information about the cell. Our results represents the first demons tration of absolute quantum advantage in biological microscopy\, and we ho pe will open the door to a bright future for quantum bioimaging.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12592@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Center for Translational Immunoengineering\; https:// jhtie.jhmi.edu/training-upcoming/johns-hopkins-translational-immunoenginee ring-2022-2023-seminar-series/ DESCRIPTION:Probing and Attacking the Cancer Surfacome with Jim Wells\, PhD \nThe cell surface proteome(surfaceome)is a major hub for cellular communi cation and a primary source of drug targets\, especially for biologics. My lab is interested in developing proteomic means to probe how the surfaceo me changes in health and disease\, especially cancer. Such changes involve alteration in protein expression and post-translational modifications suc h as proteolysis. I’ll describe new engineered tools we have built to prob e the surfaceome changes that occur when oncogenes are expressed in isogen ic cell lines to identify targets of interest. We then target proteins eit her upregulated\, proteolyzed or both with recombinant antibodies derived by phage display to be used as validation tools and potential therapeutic leads\nJim received his BA from University of California at Berkeley\, PhD from Washington State University (with Ralph Yount)\, and post-doc at Sta nford (with George Stark)\, prior to joining Genentech\, then Sunesis Phar maceuticals\, and finally UCSF. Wells’ group pioneered the engineering of proteins\, antibodies\, and small molecules that target catalytic\, allost eric\, and protein-protein interaction sites\; and technologies including protein phage display\, alanine-scanning\, engineered proteases\, bioconju gations\, N-terminomics\, disulfide “tethering”\, and more recently an ind ustrialized recombinant antibody production pipeline for the proteome. His team was integral to several protein products including Somavert for acro megaly\, Avastin for cancer\, Lifitegrast for dry eye disease\, and engine ered proteases sold by Pfizer\, Genentech\, Shire and Genencor\, respectiv ely. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Science\, Ameri can Association of Arts and Science\, and the National Academy of Inventor s.\nThis is a virtual event on Zoom. Click here to get the link. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T130000 LOCATION:Virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Probing and Attacking the Cancer Surfacome URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/probing-and-attacking-the-cancer-surfacome/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nProbing and Attacking the Cancer Surfacome with Jim Wells\ , PhD
\nThe cell surface proteome(surfaceome)is a major hub for cell ular communication and a primary source of drug targets\, especially for b iologics. My lab is interested in developing proteomic means to probe how the surfaceome changes in health and disease\, especially cancer. Such cha nges involve alteration in protein expression and post-translational modif ications such as proteolysis. I’ll describe new engineered tools we have b uilt to probe the surfaceome changes that occur when oncogenes are express ed in isogenic cell lines to identify targets of interest. We then target proteins either upregulated\, proteolyzed or both with recombinant antibod ies derived by phage display to be used as validation tools and potential therapeutic leads
\nJim received his BA from University of Californi a at Berkeley\, PhD from Washington State University (with Ralph Yount)\, and post-doc at Stanford (with George Stark)\, prior to joining Genentech\ , then Sunesis Pharmaceuticals\, and finally UCSF. Wells’ group pioneered the engineering of proteins\, antibodies\, and small molecules that target catalytic\, allosteric\, and protein-protein interaction sites\; and tech nologies including protein phage display\, alanine-scanning\, engineered p roteases\, bioconjugations\, N-terminomics\, disulfide “tethering”\, and m ore recently an industrialized recombinant antibody production pipeline fo r the proteome. His team was integral to several protein products includin g Somavert for acromegaly\, Avastin for cancer\, Lifitegrast for dry eye d isease\, and engineered proteases sold by Pfizer\, Genentech\, Shire and G enencor\, respectively. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Science\, American Association of Arts and Science\, and the National Academy of Inventors.
\nThis is a virtual event on Zoom. Click here t o get the link.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12594@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering\; https://jhtie.jhmi. edu/training-upcoming/advances-in-immunoengineering-fundamentals-and-cutti ng-edge-advances-2023-workshop-and-course/ DESCRIPTION:The Advances in Immunoengineering: Fundamentals and Cutting Edg e Advances workshop is hosted by Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoenginee ring. The workshop meets twice a week for three weeks and participants are eligible for CME credit. The workshop is also offered as a two-credit cou rse to Johns Hopkins students\nThe immunoengineering field is transforming cancer\, autoimmunity\, regeneration\, and transplantation treatments by combining the diverse and complex fields of engineering and immunology. Th ere is a significant need to train engineers in immunology and immunologis ts in quantitative engineering techniques. Moreover\, there is a need to b ridge basic immunological discoveries with advances in clinical applicatio n. This workshop will review immune system fundamentals and components\, e ngineering strategies to modulate the immune system\, and clinical applica tions.\nAfter attending this workshop\, the learner will demonstrate the a bility to:\n– Review the fundamentals and recent discoveries in the functi on of the immune system.\n– Identify engineering strategies to manipulate the immune system.\n– Describe the clinical applications of immunoengineer ing.\nThe full schedule\, speakers\, topics\, and registration information are available on JH-TIE’s website.\nTickets: https://hopkinscme.cloud-cme .com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=44419. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T173000 LOCATION:Virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Advances in Immunoengineering: Fundamentals and Cutting Edge Advanc es (2023) URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/advances-in-immunoengineering-fundamentals-a nd-cutting-edge-advances-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ Home-Banner-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-cont ent/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner-300x156.jpg\;300\;156\;1\,large\;https://i nbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner-1024x533.jpg\;1024\;533 \;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner.jpg \;2500\;1301\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe Advances in Immunoengineering: Fundamentals and Cutting Edge Advan ces workshop is hosted by Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering. T he workshop meets twice a week for three weeks and participants are eligib le for CME credit. The workshop is also offered as a two-credit course to Johns Hopkins students
\nThe immunoengineering field is transforming cancer\, autoimmunity\, regeneration\, and transplantation treatments by combining the diverse and complex fields of engineering and immunology. Th ere is a significant need to train engineers in immunology and immunologis ts in quantitative engineering techniques. Moreover\, there is a need to b ridge basic immunological discoveries with advances in clinical applicatio n. This workshop will review immune system fundamentals and components\, e ngineering strategies to modulate the immune system\, and clinical applica tions.
\nAfter attending this workshop\, the learner will demonstrat
e the ability to:
\n– Review the fundamentals and recent discoveries
in the function of the immune system.
\n– Identify engineering strate
gies to manipulate the immune system.
\n– Describe the clinical appli
cations of immunoengineering.
The full schedule\, speakers\, topic s\, and registration information are available on JH-TIE’s webs ite.
\nTickets: ht tps://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=44419.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EI D=44419 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13256@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Sulaiman Jenkins\; 410-516-5010\; sjenki48@jhu.edu DESCRIPTION:SCOPE:\nTranslational research aims to move discoveries from th e laboratory to the real world\, maximizing the societal benefit of knowle dge creation. This seminar seeks to help participants understand the paths to transfer academic technologies to the marketplace\, enabling Johns Hop kins expertise to solve real world challenges.\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES:\nUpon completing the seminar\, participants will be able to:\n1. Explain the un ique opportunities of the current climate for academic venture creation\n2 . Understand academic resources to help academic entrepreneurs\n3. Define and apply three key principles of biomedical value creation\nABOUT THE SPE AKER:\nSashank Reddy completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins as a Beneficial Hodson Scholar\, followed by MD/PhD studies at Harvard Med ical School and MIT under the auspices of the NIH Medical Scientist Traini ng Program. Following his clinical training at the Johns Hopkins Universit y School of Medicine\, Dr. Reddy joined the faculty in 2019. His NIH-funde d laboratory studies developmental biology and regenerative medicine with a particular focus on soft tissues. Dr. Reddy is also an accomplished biom edical innovator and a founder of venture-backed companies. In his role at INBT\, Dr. Reddy works to grow the scientific and translational excellenc e of the Institute. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T130000 LOCATION:Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus\, Maryland 110 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Academic Value Creation: A Seminar on Translating Your Research URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/academic-value-creation-a-seminar-on-transla ting-your-research/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ Sashank-Reddy-e1599768392516-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inb t.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sashank-Reddy-e1599768392516-268x300. jpg\;268\;300\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/S ashank-Reddy-e1599768392516-913x1024.jpg\;913\;1024\;1\,full\;https://inbt .jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sashank-Reddy-e1644246074537.jpg\;600\ ;673\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nSCOPE:
\nTranslational research aims to move dis
coveries from the laboratory to the real world\, maximizing the societal b
enefit of knowledge creation. This seminar seeks to help participants unde
rstand the paths to transfer academic technologies to the marketplace\, en
abling Johns Hopkins expertise to solve real world challenges.
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RNING OBJECTIVES:
\nUpon completing the seminar\, participants will b
e able to:
\n1. Explain the unique opportunities of the current clima
te for academic venture creation
\n2. Understand academic resources t
o help academic entrepreneurs
\n3. Define and apply three key princip
les of biomedical value creation
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
\nSashank
Reddy completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins as a Beneficia
l Hodson Scholar\, followed by MD/PhD studies at Harvard Medical School an
d MIT under the auspices of the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program. Fo
llowing his clinical training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Me
dicine\, Dr. Reddy joined the faculty in 2019. His NIH-funded laboratory s
tudies developmental biology and regenerative medicine with a particular f
ocus on soft tissues. Dr. Reddy is also an accomplished biomedical innovat
or and a founder of venture-backed companies. In his role at INBT\, Dr. Re
ddy works to grow the scientific and translational excellence of the Insti
tute.
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Abstract: Effective delivery of drugs is a major problem in today’s therapeutics. At a fundamental level\, the challenge of drug delivery ref lects the fact that the drug distribution in the body is limited by body’s natural metabolic processes and transport barriers. These biological barr iers\, while serving an important purpose of regulating body’s metabolic f unctions\, limit the drug dose that ultimately reaches the target site. Ac cordingly\, many drugs fail to reach their full therapeutic potential. Our research aims to understand body’s key biological barriers and develop no vel means to negotiate these barriers to deliver drugs. We have developed means to use body’s own circulatory cells including red blood cells\, macr ophages\, monocytes\, neutrophils\, NK cells and T cells to overcome body’ s barriers and deliver drugs to target tissues for the treatment of cancer \, autoimmune disorders and trauma. I will present an overview of these st rategies and their efficacy in drug delivery.
\nSamir Mitragotri is the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. His research is focused on dru g delivery systems. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Eng ineering\, National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Inventors. He is also an elected fellow of AAAS\, CRS\, BMES\, AIMBE\, and AAPS. He is an author of over 400 publications\, an inventor on over 225 patent/pat ent applications\, and a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. He received hi s BS in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology\, I ndia and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14299@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Institute for NanoBioTechnology\; https://inbt.jhu.edu/cell-program ming/ DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend our 16th Nano-Bio Symposium on Cell P rogramming.\nFrom Robert Hooke’s hazy observations to today’s single cell sequences and super-resolution images\, cells have been a central focus of biological investigation. In 2023\, the INBT’s Nano-Bio Symposium will ex plore breakthroughs in our ability to understand and program cells. Pionee ring speakers will catalog the growing diversity of cell fate and cell sta te in multicellular organisms. Attendees will learn about powerful approac hes to engineer cells using genetic\, transcriptomic\, and metabolic tools . And we will see how these methods are being translated into the clinic\, ushering in a new era of powerful cellular therapies. By bringing togethe r engineers\, cell biologists\, and translational scientists\, the symposi um will map the frontiers of this fundamental unit of biological organizat ion.\nThis is event will feature lectures and a poster competition with a reception. Registration will be required.\nMore information coming soon. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T170000 LOCATION:Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Nano-Bio Symposium: Cell Programming URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/15th-nano-bio-symposium-3/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nAll are welco me to attend our 16th Nano-Bio Symposium on Cell Programming.
\nFrom Robert Hooke’s hazy observations to today’s single cell sequences an d super-resolution images\, cells have been a central focus of biological investigation. In 2023\, the INBT’s Nano-Bio Symposium will explore breakt hroughs in our ability to understand and program cells. Pioneering speaker s will catalog the growing diversity of cell fate and cell state in multic ellular organisms. Attendees will learn about powerful approaches to engin eer cells using genetic\, transcriptomic\, and metabolic tools. And we wil l see how these methods are being translated into the clinic\, ushering in a new era of powerful cellular therapies. By bringing together engineers\ , cell biologists\, and translational scientists\, the symposium will map the frontiers of this fundamental unit of biological organization.< /p>\n
This is event will feature lectures and a poster competiti on with a reception. Registration will be required.
\nMore information coming soon.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-13642@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:http://hopkins-cares.med.jhmi.edu/ DESCRIPTION:Johns Hopkins Career\, Academic\, and Research Experiences for Students (CARES) Symposium has a mission to inspire and provide opportunit ies to underrepresented students in science\, public health\, or medicine. It provides opportunities for students who participated in summer pathway or research program to share their summer research presentations to the H opkins community\, faculty\, recruits from local colleges and universities \, and network with high-achieving undergraduates. This year\, the 2023 CA RES Symposium is a two-day event.\nWe welcome you to come to the event and see presentations by our Nanotechnology for Biology and Bioengineering Re search Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program interns. Learn more abo ut our REU program.\nDay One\n1:00 pm: Welcome\n1:05 pm: Keynote Speaker\n 1:25pm: Keynote Q&A\n1:30 pm: Stories of Triump\n1:45 pm: Breakout Rooms: Research Presentations\n2:45 pm: Scholarship Awards\n2:55 pm: Closing DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230721T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230721T150000 LOCATION:Johns Hopkins Medicine\, Armstrong Medical Education Building SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Johns Hopkins CARES Symposium (Day One of Two) URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/johns-hopkins-cares-symposium-day-one-of-two / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ NanoBio-REU-2023-Collage-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt. jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NanoBio-REU-2023-Collage-1-300x169.jpg\ ;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NanoB io-REU-2023-Collage-1-1024x576.jpg\;1024\;576\;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.e du/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NanoBio-REU-2023-Collage-1.jpg\;2560\;1440\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJohns Hopkins Career\, Academic\, and Resea rch Experiences for Students (CARES) Symposium has a mission to inspire and provide opportunities to underrepresented students in science \, public health\, or medicine. It provides opportunities for students who participated in summer pathway or research program to share their summer research presentations to the Hopkins community\, faculty\, recruits from local colleges and universities\, and network with high-achieving undergra duates. This year\, the 2023 CARES Symposium is a two-day event.
\nW e welcome you to come to the event and see presentations by our Nanotechno logy for Biology and Bioengineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program interns. Learn more about our REU program.
\nDay One
\n1:00 pm: Welcome
\n1:05 p
m: Keynote Speaker
\n1:25pm: Keynote Q&A
\n1:30 pm: Stories of T
riump
\n1:45 pm: Breakout Rooms: Research Presentations
\n2:45 p
m: Scholarship Awards
\n2:55 pm: Closing
Johns Hopkins Career\, Academic\, and Resea rch Experiences for Students (CARES) Symposium has a mission to inspire and provide opportunities to underrepresented students in science \, public health\, or medicine. It provides opportunities for students who participated in summer pathway or research program to share their summer research presentations to the Hopkins community\, faculty\, recruits from local colleges and universities\, and network with high-achieving undergra duates. This year\, the 2023 CARES Symposium is a two-day event.
\nW e welcome you to come to the event and see presentations by our Nanotechno logy for Biology and Bioengineering Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program interns. Learn more about our REU program.
\nRegister for the event here.
\nDay Two
\n9:00 am: Sign-In
\n9:30 am: Poster Session: Group
A
\n10:30 am: Leadership Acknowledgment
\n10:40 am: Panel Discu
ssion and Q&A
\n11:10 am: Stories of Triumph
\n11:25 am: Scholar
ship Awards
\n11:45 am: Leadership Acknowledgement
\n11:50 am: T
ransition
\n12:10 pm: Lunch
\n12:45 pm: Poster Session: Group B<
br />\n1:45 pm: Adjournment
Every summer the INBT welcomes undergraduate students to the span>Nanotech nology for Biology and Bioengineering Research Experience for Undergraduat es (REU) program. Students spend 10-weeks with INBT faculty and mentors heavily engaged in research projects ranging from developing cancer thera pies and diagnostic tools to using regenerative engineering to heal the bo dy. They also participate in professional development training\, networkin g activities\, and explore Baltimore and other surrounding cities. We welc ome you to join us to see presentations by our 2023 summer students as the y showcase their research projects.
\nThis event is hybrid. S pace is limited in Maryland Hall 110 to 35 people. If space is unavailable please join by Zoom.
\nJoin Zoom Meeting
\nhttps://wse.zoom.us/j/94940809585
\nMeeting ID: 949 4080
9585
Agenda
\n1:00 pm-1:05 Welcome: Sulaima
n Jenkins\, Director of Academic Programs – Institute for NanoBioTechnolog
y
\n1:05 pm -1:12 Olivia Barbieri – Three-Dimensional Mapping of Rhes
us Macaque Brainstem Tissue using CODA. Olivia interns in the Wirtz Lab. H
er home institution is Barnard College.
\n1:12 pm -1:19 Tyler Bartolo
me – Heat Tolerance of 4T1 Murine Breast Cancer. Tyler interns in the Ivko
v Lab. His home institution is Drake University.
\n1:19 pm-1:26 Willi
am Dhana – Comparison of the Normal Pancreas Microanatomy to that of Indiv
iduals at High Risk for Development of Pancreatic Cancer. William interns
in the Wirtz Lab. His home institution is Florida State University.
\n1:26 pm -1:33 Mikhaila Doyle – Investigating the Effects of the Rate of
Exposure to Drug on the Metastatic Potential of Triple Negative Breast Can
cer Cells from Spheroids. Mikhaila interns in the Sofou Lab. Her home inst
itution is Brown University.
\n1:33 pm-1:40 Justin Furgala – Extracel
lular Vesicle-Loaded Microgels as a Preventative Method for Radiation Fibr
osis. Justin interns in the HQ. Mao Lab. His home institution is Clemson U
niversity.
\n1:40 pm -1:47 Sarah Gresham – 3D Printing at the Micro S
cale: Nozzle and Material Design. Sarah interns in the Mueller Lab. Her ho
me institution is the College of William & Mary.
\n1:47 pm -1:54 Anna
belle Hendrickson – Investigating the immuno-stromal crosstalk in aged mic
roenvironments of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). Annabelle interns
in the Phillip Lab. Her home institution is Smith College.
\n1:54 pm
-2:01 Nicholas Herbst – Exploring the Effects of Substrate Stiffness on M
etabolism. Alexandra interns in the Jeong Lab. His home institution is the
University of Wisconsin – Madison.
\n2:01 pm: Lunch
\n2:45 pm –
2:52 Erin Hurley – Identification of FGL-1 interactome by APEX2 proximity
labeling method. Erin interns in the X. Mao Lab. Her home institution is
St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
\n2:52 pm -2:59 Simra Khan – Quantify
ing Protein Affinity: Assessing Immunofibers as an Alternative for Protein
Purification. Simra interns in the Cui Lab. Her home institution is Long
Island University.
\n2:59 pm -3:06 Demetria Labat – Synthesis and Cha
racterization of Self-Assembling Peptide-Drug Conjugates for ChemoImmunoth
erapy. Demetria interns in the Cui Lab. Her home institution is Jackson St
ate University.
\n3:06 pm -3:13 Kailee Parrott – Exploration into the
Identification of Receptors in α-Synucleinopathy. Kailee interns in the X
. Mao Lab. Her home institution is the University of Washington Seattle Ca
mpus.
\n3:13 pm -3:20 Roshni Patel – Investigating EGFR and EphA2 int
eractions in the plasma membrane at the first step of signal transduction.
Roshni interns in the Hristova Lab. Her home institution is Hofstra Unive
rsity.
\n3:20 pm -3:27 Viviana Velez-Aviles – Characterizing Morpholo
gical Patterns of CD4+ Subsets. Viviana interns in the Phillip Lab. Her ho
me institution is the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez.
\n3:27 pm -
3:34 Thomas-Shadi Voges – KPC Mouse Pancreatic Cancer Cells Demonstrate Th
ermal Sensitivity. Thomas-Shadi interns in the Ivkov Lab. His home institu
tion is North Central College.
\n3:34 pm -3:40 Closing: Sulaiman Jenk
ins\, Director of Academic Programs – Institute for NanoBioTechnology
You are invited to attend an In-vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center Seminar Series presentation with Mehdi Nikkhah\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Bioengineering\, Program Chair for Undergraduate Studies\, Sc hool of Biological and Health Systems Engineering (SBHSE)\, Associate Facu lty\, Biodesign Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics\, Ba rrett Honors Faculty at Arizona State University\, Tempe\, AZ.
\nThe title of the talk is “Tumor On-a-Chip Technologies\ ; Building Better Organotypic Models to Study Cancer Progression”
\nDate: Wednesday\, Septem
ber 27\, 2023
\nTime: 3:30pm – 4:30pm
\nLocation: Stoll Conference Room\, Johns Hopkins Schoo
l of Medicine
Join the Institute for NanoBioTechnology i n celebrating National Nanotechnology Day. We’ll have nano-focused bingo\, nano building blocks\, molding clay\, snack-sized treats\, and more. Come socialize with other INBT community members.
\nNational Nanotechnol ogy Day is an annual event featuring community-led events and activities o n or around October 9 to help raise awareness of nanotechnology\, its use in products that enrich our daily lives\, and the challenges and opportuni ties for the future. This date\, 10/9\, pays homage to the nanometer scale \, 10 –9 meters. Learn more about the National Nanotechnology I nitiative’s Nanotechnology Day.
\nThe theme for this year’s N ational Nanotechnology Day is “Enabling the Nanotechnology Revolution.” Th is phrase is inspired by the vision statement for the NNI which is to enab le “a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to ongoing revolutions in technology and industry that ben efit society.” This year we are celebrating nanotechnology’s achievements over the past 20 years\, as well as looking forward to how the NNI can con tinue to best support critical and emerging technologies of the future.
\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14173@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering\; https://jhtie.jhmi. edu/training-upcoming/advances-in-immunoengineering-fundamentals-and-cutti ng-edge-advances-2023-workshop-and-course/ DESCRIPTION:The Advances in Immunoengineering: Fundamentals and Cutting Edg e Advances workshop is hosted by Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoenginee ring. The workshop meets twice a week for three weeks and participants are eligible for CME credit. The workshop is also offered as a one-credit cou rse to Johns Hopkins students\nThe immunoengineering field is transforming cancer\, autoimmunity\, regeneration\, and transplantation treatments by combining the diverse and complex fields of engineering and immunology. Th ere is a significant need to train engineers in immunology and immunologis ts in quantitative engineering techniques. Moreover\, there is a need to b ridge basic immunological discoveries with advances in clinical applicatio n. This workshop features 12 speakers that will review immune system funda mentals and components\, engineering strategies to modulate the immune sys tem\, and clinical applications.\nAfter attending this workshop\, the lear ner will demonstrate the ability to:\n– Review the fundamentals and recent discoveries in the function of the immune system.\n– Identify engineering strategies to manipulate the immune system.\n– Describe the clinical appl ications of immunoengineering.\nThe full schedule\, speakers\, topics\, an d registration information are available on JH-TIE’s website.\nTickets: ht tps://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=44419. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240102T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T173000 LOCATION:Virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Advances in Immunoengineering: Fundamentals and Cutting Edge Advanc es (2024) URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/advances-in-immunoengineering-fundamentals-a nd-cutting-edge-advances-2024/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ Home-Banner-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-cont ent/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner-300x156.jpg\;300\;156\;1\,large\;https://i nbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner-1024x533.jpg\;1024\;533 \;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Home-Banner.jpg \;2500\;1301\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
The Advances in Immunoengineering: Fundamentals and Cutting Edge Advan ces workshop is hosted by Johns Hopkins Translational Immunoengineering. T he workshop meets twice a week for three weeks and participants are eligib le for CME credit. The workshop is also offered as a one-credit course to Johns Hopkins students
\nThe immunoengineering field is transforming cancer\, autoimmunity\, regeneration\, and transplantation treatments by combining the diverse and complex fields of engineering and immunology. Th ere is a significant need to train engineers in immunology and immunologis ts in quantitative engineering techniques. Moreover\, there is a need to b ridge basic immunological discoveries with advances in clinical applicatio n. This workshop features 12 speakers that will review immune system funda mentals and components\, engineering strategies to modulate the immune sys tem\, and clinical applications.
\nAfter attending this workshop\, t
he learner will demonstrate the ability to:
\n– Review the fundamenta
ls and recent discoveries in the function of the immune system.
\n– I
dentify engineering strategies to manipulate the immune system.
\n– D
escribe the clinical applications of immunoengineering.
The full s chedule\, speakers\, topics\, and registration information are available on JH-TIE’s web site.
\nTickets: h ttps://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=44419. p> X-TICKETS-URL:https://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EI D=44419 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14381@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Yun Chen\, PhD\; yun.chen@jhu.edu DESCRIPTION:Visualizing Immunity – Insights from Multiplex Dynamic and Stat ic Tissue-scale Imaging\nPresented by: Dr. Ronald Germain\nChief\, Laborat ory of Immune System Biology\nChief\, Lymphocyte Biology Section\nDirector \, Center for Advanced Tissue Imaging (CAT-I)\n \nAbstract:\nImmune respon ses involve cell interactions within lymphoid and peripheral tissues inclu ding tumors. To gain insight into the relationships between immune functio n and the local tissue environment\, we have developed new multiplex 2D (I BEX) and 3D (Ce3D / Ce3D-IBEX) optical imaging pipelines and associated co mputational methods (RAPID and SPACE) for quantitative\, spatially-resolve d image analysis.\nIBEX is an open-source method for iterative imaging use d to probe fixed frozen or FFPE mouse and human tissues to as many as 80 p arameters at ~ 300 nm lateral resolution. More than 1000 antibody conjugat es have been validated for IBEX and a website provides details on these re agents. Ce3D (clearing enhanced 3D) is a fast-clearing technique giving ex cellent signal intensity from directly conjugated antibodies\, permitting a high level of multiplexing and IBEX cycling.\nUsing these methods we hav e discovered novel commensal-dependent immune clusters at the junction of vagal sensory neurons in normal lungs. In cancers\, these tools have revea led how immunotherapy converts suppressive Tregs into type 1 interferon-ga mma producing effectors and the unanticipated negative effects of checkpoi nt therapy on stem-like memory T cells. A method for identifying T cells a ctively signaling through the antigen receptor has enabled us to identify antigen reactive cells in fixed tissue and to identify the cognate antigen presenting cell. Ce3D has been used to quantify antigen-specific cells in entire lymph nodes\, revealing that suppression of autoreactive T cells b y Tregs operates by promoting abortive proliferation.\nThese findings illu strate the power of in situ imaging for probing the molecular\, cellular\, and spatial aspects of immune responses in situ.\nThis work was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIAID\, NIH.\nBio:\nRonald N. G ermain received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1976. Since then he has investigated basic immunobiology\, first on the faculty at Har vard\, then at NIAID\, NIH. He has contributed to understanding MHC class II molecules\, antigen processing\, and T cell recognition\, more recently pioneering analysis of the immune system using dynamic and static in situ microscopy. He has published more than 400 scholarly research papers and reviews and trained more than 80 fellows. Among other honors\, he has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine\, the National Academy of Sci ences\, EMBO\, AAAS\, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, named a Distinguished Fellow by the American Association of Immunologists.\, and d esignated a Distinguished Investigator by NIH.\nIn-person Class Held in Ho dson 210\nZoom Link: Passcode 530803: Meeting ID: 955 8366 7779 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T160000 LOCATION:Hodson Hall 210\, Homewood campus SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Visualizing Immunity – Insights from Multiplex Dynamic and Static T issue-Scale Imaging URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/visualizing-immunity-insights-from-multiplex -dynamic-and-static-tissue-scale-imaging/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nVisualizing I
mmunity – Insights from Multiplex Dynamic and Static Tissue-scale Imaging<
br />\nPresented by: Dr. Ronald Germain
\nChief\, Laboratory of Immun
e System Biology
\nChief\, Lymphocyte Biology Section
\nDirector
\, Center for Advanced Tissue Imaging (CAT-I)
\n
Abstract:< br />\nImmune responses involve cell interactions within lymphoid and peri pheral tissues including tumors. To gain insight into the relationships be tween immune function and the local tissue environment\, we have developed new multiplex 2D (IBEX) and 3D (Ce3D / Ce3D-IBEX) optical imaging pipelin es and associated computational methods (RAPID and SPACE) for quantitative \, spatially-resolved image analysis.
\nIBEX is an open-source metho
d for iterative imaging used to probe fixed frozen or FFPE mouse and human
tissues to as many as 80 parameters at ~ 300 nm lateral resolution. More
than 1000 antibody conjugates have been validated for IBEX and a website p
rovides details on these reagents. Ce3D (clearing enhanced 3D) is a fast-c
learing technique giving excellent signal intensity from directly conjugat
ed antibodies\, permitting a high level of multiplexing and IBEX cycling.<
br />\nUsing these methods we have discovered novel commensal-dependent im
mune clusters at the junction of vagal sensory neurons in normal lungs. In
cancers\, these tools have revealed how immunotherapy converts suppressiv
e Tregs into type 1 interferon-gamma producing effectors and the unanticip
ated negative effects of checkpoint therapy on stem-like memory T cells. A
method for identifying T cells actively signaling through the antigen rec
eptor has enabled us to identify antigen reactive cells in fixed tissue an
d to identify the cognate antigen presenting cell. Ce3D has been used to q
uantify antigen-specific cells in entire lymph nodes\, revealing that supp
ression of autoreactive T cells by Tregs operates by promoting abortive pr
oliferation.
\nThese findings illustrate the power of in situ imaging
for probing the molecular\, cellular\, and spatial aspects of immune resp
onses in situ.
\nThis work was supported by the Intramural Research P
rogram of the NIAID\, NIH.
Bio:
\nRonald N. Germain received
his M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1976. Since then he has inve
stigated basic immunobiology\, first on the faculty at Harvard\, then at N
IAID\, NIH. He has contributed to understanding MHC class II molecules\, a
ntigen processing\, and T cell recognition\, more recently pioneering anal
ysis of the immune system using dynamic and static in situ microscopy. He
has published more than 400 scholarly research papers and reviews and trai
ned more than 80 fellows. Among other honors\, he has been elected to the
National Academy of Medicine\, the National Academy of Sciences\, EMBO\, A
AAS\, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, named a Distinguished Fe
llow by the American Association of Immunologists.\, and designated a Dist
inguished Investigator by NIH.
In-person Class Held in Hodson 210
\nZoom Lin k: Passcode 530803: Meeting ID: 955 8366 7779
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14413@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:National Nanotechnology Initiative\; https://www.nano.gov/anniversa rysymposium DESCRIPTION:Scientists and engineers across many fields and disciplines are united by their work at the nanoscale. Their diverse efforts have helped produce everything from faster microchips to powerful mRNA vaccines. The t ransformative impact of this work has been spurred by the coordination and focus on U.S. nanotechnology established by the 21st Century Nanotechnolo gy Research and Development Act in 2003. Celebrating such a broad impact a nd envisioning the future can be quite challenging\, but this event will b ring together voices from across the emerging technology landscape. There will be experts who can speak on the importance of nanotechnology in quant um engineering\, optics\, EHS\, plastics\, DEIA\, microelectronics\, medic ine\, education\, manufacturing\, and more. We can’t predict what will eme rge from this lively discussion between researchers\, policymakers\, membe rs of industry\, educators\, and the public\, but the conversation can onl y benefit from including more diverse perspectives – especially yours. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T170000 LOCATION:Fred Kavli Auditorium @ Washington DC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Enabling the Nanotechnology Revolution: Celebrating the 20th Annive rsary of the 21st Century Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/enabling-the-nanotechnology-revolution-celeb rating-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-21st-century-century-nanotechnology-res earch-and-development-act/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ Screen-Shot-2019-12-11-at-12.14.11-PM-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-11-at-12 .14.11-PM-300x169.png\;300\;169\;1\,large\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content /uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-11-at-12.14.11-PM.png\;779\;438\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nScientists and engineers across many fields and disciplines are united by their work at the nanoscale. Their diverse e fforts have helped produce everything from faster microchips to powerful m RNA vaccines. The transformative impact of this work has been spurred by t he coordination and focus on U.S. nanotechnology established by the 21st C entury Nanotechnology Research and Development Act in 2003. Celebrating su ch a broad impact and envisioning the future can be quite challenging\, bu t this event will bring together voices from across the emerging technolog y landscape. There will be experts who can speak on the importance of nano technology in quantum engineering\, optics\, EHS\, plastics\, DEIA\, micro electronics\, medicine\, education\, manufacturing\, and more. We can’t pr edict what will emerge from this lively discussion between researchers\, p olicymakers\, members of industry\, educators\, and the public\, but the c onversation can only benefit from including more diverse perspectives – es pecially yours.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14563@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:A. Bibic and J.W.M Bulte\; adnan.bibic@jhmi.edu DESCRIPTION:The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Radiology an d the KKI F.M. Kirby Research Center invite you to their first locoregiona l MPI Workshop\, organized by Adnan Bibic and Jeff W.M. Bulte\, where they will discuss the opportunities that Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) can p rovide for molecular\, cellular\, and functional imaging of biological pro cesses in living organisms.\nThis event serves two purposes:\n1. Introduct ion to MPI: They will provide an overview of the emerging MPI technology a nd what it can do that other non-invasive imaging modalities cannot.\n2. S haring Insights: Existing users will present their cutting-edge research f indings\, with the goal to foster new collaborations and generating new id eas. Interested people from other institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region have been invited to participate.\nWhat is MPI?\nMPI is an emerging non-in vasive imaging technique that directly detects magnetic nanoparticles acti ng as a “cold” tracer imaging agent. Similar to “hot” radiotracers used in nuclear medicine\, it is quantitative providing specific information with out background signal. It is ultra-sensitive\, currently used here in rode nts\, and in further clinical development elsewhere.\nWhat to Expect\n1. R esearch Showcases: Hear about the latest advancements in MPI research.\n2. Networking Opportunities: Connect with the regional MPI community.\n3. Q& A Session: Engage with experts and share your thoughts.\n4. Hands-On Demos : Experience MPI firsthand through demonstrations.\nRegistration\nJoin in person or stream online. Register by March 8\, 2024 to secure your in-pers on spot. They have a maximum of 40 participants. If you can’t make it in p erson\, all registered participants will be able to stream in except for t he hands-on demo. Contact adnan.bibic@jhmi.edu to register.\nLocation\nKen nedy Krieger Inc.\n707 N. Broadway\, Room 510\nBaltimore\, MD 21218\n \n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T153000 LOCATION:Kennedy Krieger SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) Workshop URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/magnetic-particle-imaging-mpi-workshop/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ Bulte-and-Bibic-150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp -content/uploads/2021/06/Bulte-and-Bibic-262x300.jpeg\;262\;300\;1\,large\ ;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Bulte-and-Bibic.jpeg\;720 \;823\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Radiology and the KKI F.M. Kirby Research Center invite you to their first locoregional MPI Workshop\, organized by Adnan Bibic and Jeff W.M. Bulte\, where they will discuss the opportunities t hat Ma gnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) can provide for molecular\, cellu lar\, and functional imaging of biological processes in living organisms.< /p>\n
This event serves two purposes:
\n1. Introdu
ction to MPI: They will provide an overview of the emerging MPI technology
and what it can do that other non-invasive imaging modalities cannot.
\n2. Sharing Insights: Existing users will present their cutting-edge re
search findings\, with the goal to foster new collaborations and generatin
g new ideas. Interested people from other institutions in the Mid-Atlantic
region have been invited to participate.
What is MPI?
\nMPI is an emerging non-invasive imaging technique that direct
ly detects magnetic nanoparticles acting as a “cold” tracer imaging agent.
Similar to “hot” radiotracers used in nuclear medicine\, it is quantitati
ve providing specific information without background signal. It is ultra-s
ensitive\, currently used here in rodents\, and in further clinical develo
pment elsewhere.
What to Expect
\n1. Researc
h Showcases: Hear about the latest advancements in MPI research.
\n2.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with the regional MPI community.
\n3. Q&A Session: Engage with experts and share your thoughts.
\n4. H
ands-On Demos: Experience MPI firsthand through demonstrations.
Registration
\nJoin in person or stream online.
Location
\nKennedy Krieger Inc.
\n707 N. Broadway\, Room 510
\nBaltimore\, MD 21218
\n
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14417@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures\; https://ventures.jhu.edu/event/ startup-fest-2024/ DESCRIPTION:The Johns Hopkins University Life Design Lab\, the Carey Busine ss School and FastForward U are partnering to bring Baltimore-region start ups together with Johns Hopkins undergraduate and graduate students for th is event!\nWho: Undergraduate and graduate students from all years are enc ouraged to attend.\nWhat: An opportunity to connect with startups and star t building connections. All employers at this event will have some kind of opportunity for paid student engagement.\nWhat to Do in Advance: Upload a resume to Handshake\, research participating employers you would like to connect with\, and practice your elevator pitch\nWhen: April 3 from 4:30-6 :30pm EST.\nWhere: Hosted at Fast Forward U: 320 W 29th Street\, 2nd floor \, Baltimore\, MD 21211\nPlease note: Professional dress is encouraged for all attendees. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T183000 LOCATION:FastForward U SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Startup Fest 2024 URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/startup-fest-2024/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
The Johns Hop kins University Life Design Lab\, the Carey Business School and FastForwar d U are partnering to bring Baltimore-region startups together with Johns Hopkins undergraduate and graduate students for this event!
\n
\nWhat: An opportunity to connect
with startups and start building connections. All employers at this event
will have some kind of opportunity for paid student engagement.
\nWhat to Do in Advance: Upload a resume to Handshake\, resea
rch participating employers you would like to connect with\, and practice
your elevator pitch
\nWhen: April 3 from 4:30-6:30pm
EST.
\nWhere: Hosted at Fast Forward U: 320 W 29th
Street\, 2nd floor\, Baltimore\, MD 21211
\nPlease note:
Professional dress is encouraged for all attendees.
Jordan J. Green is a professor of biomedical engineering\, ophthalmol ogy\, oncology\, neurosurgery\, materials science and engineering\, and ch emical and biomolecular engineering. He currently serves as the vice chair for research and translation in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and previously served as the director of the undergraduate biomedical engi neering program. He is the director of the Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Lab\, the founding associate director of the Translational Tissue Engineer ing Center\, and the founding associate director of the NCBIB Johns Hopkin s Translational Immunoengineering Center. He is also an associate research er in the Institute for NanoBioTechnology.
\nHis research focuses on the design of biotechnologies for cellular engineering. Green and his lab design and synthesize new biomaterials and nanoparticle systems that can deliver biomolecules such as nucleic acids\, peptides\, proteins\, sugars\ , and small molecules specifically to various cell types\, including cance r cells\, immune cells\, and stem cells. His lab works to create innovativ e technologies and therapeutics that can directly benefit human health.
\nRSVP required for in person attendance. The event will be available via livestream for those unab le to attend in person.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10764@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240319T034501Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Institute for NanoBioTechnology\; https://inbt.jhu.edu/rna-innovati ons/ DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend our 17th Nano-Bio Symposium on RNA In novations. All are welcome to attend our 17th Nano-Bio Symposium on RNA In novations. Innovations in RNA biology and therapeutics show immense potent ial in transforming the landscape of medical research and biotechnology de velopment. RNA\, particularly messenger RNA (mRNA)\, has emerged as a grou ndbreaking tool and is revolutionizing the way researchers and clinicians approach medicine. This year’s symposium will explore the unprecedented po ssibilities of RNA innovations and its novel therapeutic avenues. We welco me experts\, researchers\, and enthusiasts to join us as we converge to sh are knowledge\, exchange ideas\, and delve into the latest advancements so that our collective efforts advance the full potential of RNA-based techn ologies and shape the future of healthcare and biomedicine.\nThis is event will feature guest speakers and a poster competition with a reception. Re gistration is required. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240513T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240513T160000 LOCATION:Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:17th Nano-Bio Symposium: RNA Innovations URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu/event/15th-nano-bio-symposium/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ Save-the-date-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-co ntent/uploads/2023/12/Save-the-date-300x180.png\;300\;180\;1\,large\;https ://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Save-the-date-1024x614.png\;102 4\;614\;1\,full\;https://inbt.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Save-the- date.png\;2500\;1500\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nAll are welcome to attend our 17th Nano-Bio Symposium on RNA Innovat ions. All are welcome to attend our 17th Nano-Bio Symposium on RNA Innovat ions. Innovations in RNA biology and therapeutics show immense potential i n transforming the landscape of medical research and biotechnology develop ment. RNA\, particularly messenger RNA (mRNA)\, has emerged as a groundbre aking tool and is revolutionizing the way researchers and clinicians appro ach medicine. This year’s symposium will explore the unprecedented possibi lities of RNA innovations and its novel therapeutic avenues. We welcome ex perts\, researchers\, and enthusiasts to join us as we converge to share k nowledge\, exchange ideas\, and delve into the latest advancements so that our collective efforts advance the full potential of RNA-based technologi es and shape the future of healthcare and biomedicine.
\nThis is eve nt will feature guest speakers and a poster competition with a reception. Registration is required.
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